A finite element approach to the numerical computation of viscous fingering phenomena

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-87

  Nakayama, Tsukasa ^a   Motogami, Shinya ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Hydrodynamic instability; Moving boundary problem; Numerical computation; Surface tension; Viscous fingering

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

VISCOUS FINGERING PHENOMENON;

VISCOUS FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PRESSURE; TWO-PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

FINGERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0005389192     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5983(97)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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