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...e) 1/2 { 1− [ 1− (Se)1/m ]m}2 (5.51a) κrg = κrnw = [1− (Se)]1/3 [ 1− (Se)1/m ]2m , (5.51b) where m is a fitting parameter, and Se is the effective saturation defined by Se = S − Smin Smax − Smin Se ∈ =-=[0, 1]-=-. (5.52) Typical values of m are less than 1 where m = 2/3 is commonly used as a starting point for fitting numerical models to experimental data. Typical relative permeability curves are shown in Fig...