Influence of wettability on interfacial area during immiscible liquid invasion into a 3D self-affine rough fracture: Lattice Boltzmann simulations

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Dou, Zhi ^a,b   Zhou, Zhifang ^a   Sleep, B E ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interfacial area; Lattice Boltzmann method; Rough fracture; Self affinity; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION FACTORS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; IRREDUCIBLE WATER SATURATION; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHODS (LBM); LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; ROUGH FRACTURES; SELF AFFINITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FRACTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WETTING;

CONTACT ANGLE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFACE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SURFACE AREA; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84883828453     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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