Real-time 3D imaging of Haines jumps in porous media flow

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3755-3759

  Berg, Steffen ^a   Ott, Holger ^a   Klapp, Stephan A ^a   Schwing, Alex ^a   Neiteler, Rob ^a   Brussee, Niels ^a   Makurat, Axel ^a   Leu, Leon ^a,b   Enzmann, Frieder ^b   Schwarz, Jens Oliver ^b   Kersten, Michael ^b   Irvine, Sarah ^c,d   Stampanoni, Marco ^c,e  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Multiphase flow; Oil recovery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUID FLOW; HYSTERESIS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84874613830     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221373110     Document Type: Article

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