Simulation of flow in sandstone with fluid coupled particle model

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 165-172

  Li, L ^a   Holt, R M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE;

COMMERCIAL CODES; COUPLED PARTICLES; DEFORMATION AND DAMAGES; DISCRETE PARTICLE MODELS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PARTICLE FLOW CODE; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PORE FLUID FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 84927630930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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