Estimating interfacial areas resulting from lattice Boltzmann simulation of two-fluid-phase flow in a porous medium

Developments in Water Science

Volumn 55, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 23-35

  McClure, J E ^a   Pan, C ^a   Adalsteinsson, D ^b   Gray, W G ^a   Miller, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 80051582157     PISSN: 01675648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5648(04)80034-0     Document Type: Article

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