Network models for two-phase flow in porous media Part 1. Immiscible microdisplacement of non-wetting fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112086002574zbMath0587.76172OpenAlexW2122456265MaRDI QIDQ3714810

Alkiviades C. Payatakes, Madalena M. Dias

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086002574

zbMATH Keywords

quasi-static flowrandom porous mediumresidual saturationimmiscible displacementmicrodisplacementnon-wetting fluidcells of constricted-tube typecreeping-flow conditionsentrapped gangliaflowratesnetwork of randomly sized unit cellspressures at the nodessandpacksmall time increments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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• Laminar Flow in Tubes with Constriction