In Situ Permeability Measurements inside Compaction Bands Using X-Ray CT and Lattice Boltzmann Calculations

Advances in Computed Tomography for Geomaterials: GeoX 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 279-286

  Lenoir, N ^a   Andrade, J E ^a   Sun, W C ^a   Rudnicki, J W ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Compaction band; Lattice Boltzmann; Permeability; Sandstone; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956344035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118557723.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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