Experimental investigation of the stability boundary for double-diffusive finger convection in a Hele-Shaw cell

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-526

  Cooper, Clay A ^a   Glass, Robert J ^b   Tyler, Scott W ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Subsurface Flow Transp Processes L   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVECTION; INSTABILITY; POROUS MEDIA;

CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM;

HEAT CONVECTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PIXELS; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY;

CONCENTRATION FIELDS; DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINGER INSTABILITY; STABILITY BOUNDARIES; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

EID: 0030618883     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03811     Document Type: Article

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