More general capillary pressure and relative permeability models from fractal geometry

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 13-24

  Li, Kewen ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure model; Fractal dimension; Fractal modeling; Fractured porous medium; Relative permeability model

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE MODEL; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; FRACTAL MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY MODEL;

CAPILLARY TUBES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MERCURY (METAL); PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARITY;

MERCURY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER FLOW; WATER VAPOR; WETTABILITY;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 74849130729     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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