An existence result for a coupled system modeling a fully equivalent global pressure formulation for immiscible compressible two-phase flow in porous media

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1685-1718

  Amaziane, Brahim ^a   Jurak, Mladen ^b   Žgaljić Keko, Ana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Global pressure; Immiscible compressible; Porous media; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349305717     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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