Deterministic modeling of fluid flow through a CT-scanned fracture using computational fluid dynamics

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 897-905

  Petchsingto, T ^a   Karpyn, Z T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Computed tomography; Open fractures; Single phase

Indexed keywords

CFD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; DETERMINISTIC MODELING; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; HIGH-RESOLUTION X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; OPEN FRACTURES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; ROUGH FRACTURES; SINGLE PHASE; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; VELOCITY FIELD;

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MACHINE DESIGN; SIMULATORS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70449561034     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567030701752842     Document Type: Article

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