Recent advances in X-ray microtomography applied to materials

SR Stock - International materials reviews, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This review highlights recent advances in X-ray microcomputed tomography (microCT) as
applied to materials, specifically advances made since the first materials microCT review …

X-ray imaging and analysis techniques for quantifying pore-scale structure and processes in subsurface porous medium systems

D Wildenschild, AP Sheppard - Advances in Water resources, 2013 - Elsevier
We report here on recent developments and advances in pore-scale X-ray tomographic
imaging of subsurface porous media. Our particular focus is on immiscible multi-phase fluid …

Comparative review of theoretical models for elastic wave attenuation and dispersion in partially saturated rocks

J Toms, TM Müller, R Ciz, B Gurevich - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2006 - Elsevier
Saturation of porous rocks with a mixture of two fluids (known as partial saturation) has a
substantial effect on the seismic waves propagating through these rocks. In particular, partial …

[图书][B] Microcomputed tomography: methodology and applications

SR Stock - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
MicroComputed Tomography has become the gold standard for studying 3D microscopic
structures nondestructively, and this book provides up-to-date coverage of the modality. The …

Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of the capillary pressure–saturation–interfacial area relationship for porous media

ML Porter, MG Schaap, D Wildenschild - Advances in Water Resources, 2009 - Elsevier
Hysteresis in the relationship between capillary pressure (Pc), wetting phase saturation (Sw)
and nonwetting–wetting interfacial area per volume (anw) is investigated using multiphase …

Interfacial area measurements for unsaturated flow through a porous medium

KA Culligan, D Wildenschild… - Water Resources …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Multiphase flow and contaminant transport in porous media are strongly influenced by the
presence of fluid‐fluid interfaces. Recent theoretical work based on conservation laws and …

Pore-scale characteristics of multiphase flow in porous media: A comparison of air–water and oil–water experiments

KA Culligan, D Wildenschild, BSB Christensen… - Advances in water …, 2006 - Elsevier
Studies of NAPL dissolution in porous media have demonstrated that measurement of
saturation alone is insufficient to describe the rate of dissolution. Quantification of the NAPL …

Quantitative analysis of flow processes in a sand using synchrotron-based X-ray microtomography

D Wildenschild, JW Hopmans… - Vadose Zone …, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Pore-scale multiphase flow experiments were developed to nondestructively visualize water
flow in a sample of porous material using X-ray microtomography. The samples were …

Measuring air− water interfacial areas with x-ray microtomography and interfacial partitioning tracer tests

ML Brusseau, S Peng, G Schnaar… - Environmental science & …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Air− water interfacial areas as a function of water saturation were measured for a sandy,
natural porous medium using two methods, aqueous-phase interfacial partitioning tracer …

Image-based relative permeability upscaling from the pore scale

SN Apourvari, CH Arns - Advances in Water Resources, 2016 - Elsevier
High resolution images acquired from X-ray μ-CT are able to map the internal structure of
porous media on which multiphase flow properties can be computed. While the resolution of …