Stochastic Pore Network Generation from 3D Rock Images

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 571-593

  Jiang, Z ^a,b   van Dijke, M I J ^a   Wu, K ^a   Couples, G D ^a   Sorbie, K S ^a   Ma, J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Multi phase flow properties; Permeability; Pore characterisation; Pore network; Porous media; Stochastic network

Indexed keywords

BOND PROPERTIES; CONNECTIVITY FUNCTION; CORRELATED PROPERTIES; FLOW PROPERTIES; MULTI-PHASE FLOW PROPERTIES; NETWORK DOMAINS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ON FLOW; ORIGINAL SAMPLE; PORE CHARACTERISATION; PORE NETWORKS; PORE PROPERTY; PORE-NETWORK; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SMALL SAMPLES; STOCHASTIC GENERATION; STOCHASTIC NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CORRELATION; GEOMETRY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK PROPERTY; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84865526058     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9792-z     Document Type: Article

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