Models of Fracture-Matrix Interactions During Multiphase Heat and Mass Flow in Unsaturated Fractured Porous Media

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 1997-R, Issue , 1997, Pages 401-412

  Ho, Clifford K ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTURE MATRIX; FRACTURE-MATRIX INTERACTION; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; HEAT-FLOW; LIQUID FLOW; MASS FLOW; MATRIX ELEMENTS; MATRIX MODEL; MODELING OF GAS FLOWS; MULTIPHASES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 85126901652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1997-0798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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