Modelling the Flow of Yield-Stress Fluids in Porous Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 489-503

  Sochi, Taha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimum threshold path; Non Newtonian flow; Percolation; Porous media; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

MINIMUM THRESHOLD PATH; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; PERCOLATION; PERCOLATION THEORY; PORE-SCALE NETWORKS; POROUS MEDIA; STRESS FLOW; STRESS FLUIDS; YIELD POINTS;

FLOW SIMULATION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; YIELD STRESS;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

ALGORITHM; FLUID FLOW; MODELING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; POROUS MEDIUM; STRESS;

EID: 78149495983     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9574-z     Document Type: Article

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