An Experimental Study of the Factors Influencing Apparent Wetting Phase Residual Saturation in Dynamically Drained Porous Media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-160

  Naghavi, Benyamin ^a   Kibbey, Tohren C G ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Porous media; Residual saturation; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; WETTING;

DRAINAGE EXPERIMENTS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FLUID CONFIGURATION; IMAGING EXPERIMENTS; POROUS MEDIUM SYSTEMS; RESIDUAL SATURATION; SHORT TIME FRAMES; UNSATURATED SOIL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; RESIDUAL SOIL; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 84890426902     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-013-0237-8     Document Type: Article

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