Direct numerical simulation of pore-scale flow in a bead pack: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging observations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 228-241

  Yang, Xiaofan ^a   Scheibe, Timothy D ^a   Richmond, Marshall C ^a   Perkins, William A ^a   Vogt, Sarah J ^b   Codd, Sarah L ^b   Seymour, Joseph D ^b   McKinley, Matthew I ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pore scale modeling; Porous media flow; Validation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); PORE-SCALE MODELING; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION; POROUS-MEDIA FLOW; STEADY-STATE FLOW CONDITIONS; VALIDATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; IMAGING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84875786719     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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