Prediction of relative permeability of unsaturated porous media based on fractal theory and Monte Carlo simulation

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6971-6978

  Xiao, Boqi ^a   Fan, Jintu ^a,b   Ding, Feng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF SATURATIONS; EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS; FRACTAL THEORY; KEY PARAMETERS; LIQUID TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SOIL SCIENCE; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

AGRICULTURE; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; FRACTAL DIMENSION; LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84869447139     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef3013322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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