Numerical investigation of nonaqueous phase liquid behavior at heterogeneous sand layers using VODA multiphase flow code

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 685-694

  Mikyška, Jiří ^a   Beneš, Michal ^a   Illangasekare, Tissa H ^b  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAYERED MEDIUM; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL TREATMENTS; RANDOM MEDIUM; SAND FORMATIONS; SAND LAYER; SATURATION PROFILES; SHARP INTERFACE; TWO-PHASE FLOWS;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAND;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 68349123455     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v12.i7.60     Document Type: Article

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