Miscible porous media displacements in the quarter five-spot configuration. Part 2. Effect of heterogeneities

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 371, Issue , 1998, Pages 269-299

  Chen, Ching Yao ^a   Meiburg, Eckart ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

FLOW RATE; HETEROGENEITIES; LENGTH SCALE; MISCIBLE POROUS MEDIA; QUARTER FIVE SPOT FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032155241     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098002201     Document Type: Article

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