3D numerical reconstruction of poorly connected porous sandstones

47th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium 2013

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 1937-1944

  Zheng, Jiangtao ^a   Ju, Yang ^a,b   Wang, Jinbo ^a,c   Yang, Yongming ^a   Zhao, Xi ^a   Gao, Feng ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D RECONSTRUCTION MODEL; ACCURATE PREDICTION; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; NOVEL NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RECONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCY; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS;

GEOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84885869617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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