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Ground‐Water Model of Two‐Phase Immiscible Flow in Coarse Material
Author(s) -
Hochmuth David P.,
Sunada Daniel K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1985.tb01510.x
Subject(s) - two phase flow , flow (mathematics) , porous medium , mechanics , finite element method , phase (matter) , data flow model , computer simulation , porosity , multiphase flow , petroleum engineering , geotechnical engineering , materials science , geology , thermodynamics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry
A numerical model was developed to simulate the behavior of two‐phase immiscible fluids in ground‐water systems for specific application to hydrocarbon spills and leaks. The model is a two‐dimensional areal flow model using the finite‐element method. A verification of the numerical model was performed using both an approximate analytical solution and a laboratory investigation. The verification results show that the numerical model adequately describes the behavior of immiscible two‐phase flow within a coarse porous material.