Pattern of two-phase (DNAPL-Water) flow through single fracture under temporal evolution of aperture

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-141

  Jha, Shibani ^a   Mohan Kumar, M S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cracking; Deformation; Two phase flow; Water flow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONFINING PRESSURES; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; SIMPLIFIED MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; WATER FLOWS; WATER TRANSPORTATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

DEFORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATURATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 79954463340     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000080     Document Type: Article

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