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Course MAT254

Flow in Porous Media

Course offered :

Current programmes of study

Number of credits 10
Course offered (semester) Autumn
Schedule Schedule
Reading list Reading list

Language of Instruction

English

Pre-requirements

None

Learning Outcomes

After completed course, the students are expected to be able to

  • describe notions like porosity, permeability or saturation
  • describe miscible and immiscible flow in porous media
  • describe what means harmonic average of permeability
  • describe the principle of capillarity pressure and relative permeability
  • give a complete model for a two-phase flow
  • analyze the Riemann's problem and the Buckley Leverett solution.

Contact Information

advice@mi.uib.no

Course offered (semester)

Autumn

Language of Instruction

English

Aim and Content

The course includes equations for one- and multiphase flow in porous media with emphasis on qualitative and quantitative properties for models studied.

Learning Outcomes

After completed course, the students are expected to be able to

  • describe notions like porosity, permeability or saturation
  • describe miscible and immiscible flow in porous media
  • describe what means harmonic average of permeability
  • describe the principle of capillarity pressure and relative permeability
  • give a complete model for a two-phase flow
  • analyze the Riemann's problem and the Buckley Leverett solution.

Pre-requirements

None

Recommended previous knowledge

PHYS111 Mechanics I and MAT212 Functions of Several Variables

Assessment methods

Oral examination

Grading Scale

The grading scale used is A to F. Grade A is the highest passing grade in the grading scale, grade F is a fail.

Contact Information

advice@mi.uib.no