Non-equilibrium effects in capillarity and interfacial area in two-phase flow: Dynamic pore-network modelling

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 655, Issue , 2010, Pages 38-71

  Joekar Niasar, V ^a   Hassanizadeh, S M ^a   Dahle, H K ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; POLYMER BLENDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE-SATURATION RELATIONSHIP; COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; FLUID INTERFACIAL AREA; NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS; PORE NETWORK SIMULATOR; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; SPECIFIC INTERFACIAL AREA; THERMODYNAMIC APPROACHES;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DARCY LAW; DIFFUSION; INTERFACE; MODELING; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SURFACE AREA; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954411885     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010000704     Document Type: Article

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