Real Porous Media: Local Geometry and Transports
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128, Issue 8
Abstract
Our recent progress in the analysis and reconstruction of real porous media are surveyed and some emphasis is put on the two-field and on the grain reconstruction methods. Then, after a short summary of our previous analyses of transports, two recent developments are presented, namely, the determination of the resistivity index and of the dispersion tensor in multiphase flow.
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128 • Issue 8 • August 2002
Pages: 829 - 839
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 25, 2002
Accepted: Apr 1, 2002
Published online: Jul 15, 2002
Published in print: Aug 2002
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