Fractured Porous Media

Fractured Porous Media

Volumn 9780199666515, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-184

  Adler, Pierre M ^a   Thovert, Jean François ^b   Mourzenko, Valeri V ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PPRIME Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Dimensionless density; Excluded volume; Fracture networks; Fractured porous media; Fractures; One phase flow; Percolation threshold; Permeability; Relative permeabilities; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLVENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EXCLUDED VOLUME; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PHASE FLOW; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84885133602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199666515.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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