Grid convergence of variable-density flow simulations in discretely-fractured porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 760-769

  Graf, Thomas ^a   Degener, Lukas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density; Fracture; Grid convergence; Mixed convection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TIME STEPPING; CONVECTIVE FLOW; CONVECTIVE PATTERNS; DENSE PLUMES; DENSITY; DISCRETIZATIONS; FLOW PROBLEMS; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; FRACTURED ROCK; FREE CONVECTIONS; GRID CONVERGENCE; GRID DISCRETIZATION; MIXED CONVECTIVE FLOW; NUMBER OF FINGERS; PENETRATION DEPTH; POROUS MEDIA; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL DISCRETIZATIONS; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; TEMPORAL DISCRETIZATION; VERTICAL FRACTURE;

FRACTURE; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955967677     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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