Applicability of the 'cubic law' for non-Darcian fracture flow

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-327

  Ranjith, P G ^a   Viete, D R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cubic law; Forcheimer number; Fracture flow; Non Darcian

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; COALBED METHANES; CUBIC LAWS; DARCIAN FLOW; ENERGY SECTOR; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLOW DATA; FORCHEIMER NUMBER; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIA; HEAT EXTRACTION; INERTIAL EFFECT; NON-DARCIAN; NON-DARCIAN FLOW; OIL RESERVOIRS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TRANSITIONAL FLOW;

AIR; COAL DEPOSITS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; METHANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 80052519367     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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