Semicontinuum model of saturation overshoot and gravity-driven fingering in porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  DiCarlo, D A ^a   Aminzadeh, B ^a   Dehghanpour, H ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MODEL; FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; FLUID PROPERTY; GRAIN SIZE; LARGE-SCALE INSTABILITY; NEW MODEL; PORE FILLING; PORE LEVEL PHYSICS; PORE SCALE; POROUS MEDIA; SAFFMAN-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; SATURATION OVERSHOOT; SEMICONTINUUM; WATER SATURATIONS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINGERING; GRAIN SIZE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION;

EID: 79953276798     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009879     Document Type: Review

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