Two-phase flow equations with a dynamic capillary pressure

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-75

  Koch, Jan ^a   Rätz, Andreas ^a   Schweizer, Ben ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary hysteresis; Finite element scheme; Two Phase flow

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; CAPILLARY HYSTERESIS; CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES; CONSTANT PRESSURES; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; EXISTENCE RESULTS; FINITE-ELEMENT; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS MEDIUM; RICHARDS EQUATION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TWO-PHASE MODEL;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84871331234     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: 14694425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792512000307     Document Type: Article

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