A generalized numerical approach for modeling multiphase flow and transport in fractured porous media

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-108

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Qin, Guan ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation of mass and energy; Fractured rock; Fully implicit; Integrated finite difference; Newton iteration; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650941657     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/cicp.2009.v6.p85     Document Type: Article

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