Simulation of solute transport through fractured rock: A higher-order accurate finite-element finite-volume method permitting large time steps

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-318

  Matthäi, Stephan K ^a   Nick, Hamidreza M ^b   Pain, Christopher ^b   Neuweiler, Insa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Leibniz University Hannover   (Germany)

Author keywords

DFM; DFN; Discrete fracture and matrix model; Dispersion; FEM; FVM; Hybrid element; Passive tracer advection; Solute transport; Unstructured mesh

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FRACTURES; HYBRID ELEMENT; MATRIX MODEL; PASSIVE TRACER ADVECTION; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

ADVECTION; ASPECT RATIO; DISPERSIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MESH GENERATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

FRACTURE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 77952236984     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9440-z     Document Type: Article

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