Numerical simulation of multiphase flow in fractured porous media [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Volker Reichenberger

Inaugural Dissertation¨zurErlangungderDoktorwurdederNaturwissenschaftlich MathematischenGesamtfakult at¨derRuprecht Karls Universit at¨ HeidelbergvorgelegtvonDiplom Mathematiker VolkerReichenbergerausBruchsalTagdermundlic¨ henPruf¨ ung: 20. Januar2004NUMERICAL SIMULATION OFMULTIPHASE FLOW INFRACTURED POROUS MEDIAGutachter: Prof.Dr.PeterBastianProf.Dr.GabrielWittumPrefaceThis work is an interdisciplinary effort and would not have been possible without manycontributionsfromdifferentsources. Mygratitudegoesto:. Peter Bastian who laid the basis to this work in many different ways and always sup portedme. Icouldn’tthinkofabetterteacheroftheartofscientificcomputing.. Gabriel Wittum for recognizing the importance of scientific software development,hissupportandforsharingmyMacintoshenthusiasm.. RainerHelmiggenerouslysupportedmywork. Workingwithhimandhisgroupwasalwaysapleasure.. Theothermembersoftheugdevelopmentteamfortheirwork: PeterBastian,KlausBirken, Klaus Johannsen, Stefan Lang, Nicolas Neuß, Henrik Rentz Reichert, Chris tianWieners.. Hartmut Jakobs, my colleague in Braunschweig and Stuttgart. Howdy, and I’m look ing forward to the next time we get pulled over by the Police on a lonely Texas high way.. Lina Neunhauser¨ er found and fixed errors in the fracture discretization module. Themeshesforthesingle phaseflowfractureddomainwerecreatedbyher..