TCAT analysis of capillary pressure in non-equilibrium, two-fluid-phase, porous medium systems

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 770-778

  Gray, William G ^a   Miller, Cass T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Interfacial areas; Thermodynamically constrained averaging theory; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURES; DYNAMIC PROCESS; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID-PHASE; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM SYSTEMS; RATE OF CHANGE; STANDARD MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICALLY CONSTRAINED AVERAGING THEORIES; THERMODYNAMICALLY CONSTRAINED AVERAGING THEORY;

CAPILLARY TUBES; FLUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CAPILLARITY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; HYSTERESIS; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 79955953318     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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