Conditional simulations of flow in randomly heterogeneous porous media using a KL-based moment-equation approach

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 859-874

  Lu, Zhiming ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional simulation; Heterogeneity; Higher order correction; Karhunen Lo ve decomposition; Moment equations; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

COVARIANCE FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN RANDOM VARIABLES; MOMENT-EQUATION APPROACH; RECURSIVE EQUATIONS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 7244253204     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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