Variational inequalities for modeling flow in heterogeneous porous media with entry pressure

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 373-389

  Helmig, R ^a   Weiss, A ^a   Wohlmuth, B I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active set strategy; Entry pressure; Mortar; Porous media; Variational inequality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SET STRATEGY; ACTIVE SETS; CAPILLARY MODEL; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; DRIVING FORCES; ENTRY PRESSURE; FINITE VOLUME SCHEMES; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; INEQUALITY CONSTRAINT; MORTAR DISCRETIZATION; NEWTON METHODS; NON MATCHING MESHES; NON-LINEAR SOLVER; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PENETRATION PROCESS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS-MEDIA FLOW; SIMPLE MODEL; STANDARD MODEL; THE STANDARD MODEL; THRESHOLD PRESSURES; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITY;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; MORTAR; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PLASTER; POROUS MATERIALS; SET THEORY; STANDARDS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGORITHM; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 70449534113     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-008-9125-7     Document Type: Article

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