Efficient generation of multi-scale random fields: A hierarchical approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-189

  Borges, M R ^a   Pereira, F ^b   Amaral Souto, H P ^c  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Permeability; Porous media; Power law; Random fields

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE STRUCTURES; GAUSSIAN VARIABLES; GAUSSIANS; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; LENGTH SCALE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHODS; MULTISCALES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS-MEDIA FLOW; POWER LAW; RANDOM FIELD GENERATORS; RANDOM FIELDS; RESERVOIR ROCK PROPERTIES; ROCK HETEROGENEITY;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROCARBONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77953090565     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1134     Document Type: Article

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