A numerical study of chemical front propagation in a Hele-Shaw flow under buoyancy effects

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 775-788

  Zhu, Jingyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0001598807     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869602     Document Type: Article

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