Miscible porous media displacements in the quarter five-spot configuration. Part 1. the homogeneous case

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 371, Issue , 1998, Pages 233-268

  Chen, Ching Yao ^a   Meiburg, Eckart ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MOLECULES; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW RATE; LENGTH SCALE; MISCIBLE POROUS FLOW; MOBILITY RATIO; PECLET NUMBER; TIME SCALE; UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032154405     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098002195     Document Type: Article

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