Two methods for pore network of porous media

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1954-1970

  Gao, Shengyan ^a,b   Meegoda, Jay N ^a,b   Hu, Liming ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equivalent pore network; Permeability; Pore network model; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

ARRAY-OF-SPHERES; CENTER DISTANCE; COORDINATION NUMBER; DELAUNAY TESSELLATIONS; FLOW PATH; FLOWTHROUGH; MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NELDER-MEAD METHODS; PORE NETWORKS; PORE-NETWORK MODELS; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTIVE TOOLS; REGULAR LATTICE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PACKED BEDS; PORE SIZE; PORE STRUCTURE; SPHERES;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOID;

EID: 84870060839     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.1134     Document Type: Article

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