Application of fractional differential equations for modeling the anomalous diffusion of contaminant from fracture into porous rock matrix with bordering alteration zone

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-205

  Fomin, Sergei ^a   Chugunov, Vladimir ^b   Hashida, Toshiyuki ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAZAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altered zone; Asymptotic solution; Fractional derivative; Laplace transform; Non fickian diffusion; Porous medium; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTION; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; NON-FICKIAN DIFFUSION; POROUS MEDIUM;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FRACTURE; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ROCKS;

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; FRACTURE FLOW; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 76349090233     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9393-2     Document Type: Article

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