Upscaling of Navier-Stokes equations in porous media: Theoretical, numerical and experimental approach

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1200-1206

  Narsilio, Guillermo A ^a   Buzzi, Olivier ^b   Fityus, Stephen ^b   Yun, Tae Sup ^c   Smith, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Fluid flow; Hydraulic conductivity; micro CT; Navier Stokes; Porous media

Indexed keywords

DARCY'S LAW; FLUID FLOW; MICRO-CT; NAVIER-STOKES; POROUS MEDIA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; SOILS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VISCOUS FLOW;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DARCY LAW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; THEORETICAL STUDY; UPSCALING; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 67651004510     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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