Vaporizing gravity currents in a superheated porous medium

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 377, Issue , 1998, Pages 151-168

  Woods, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; VAPORIZATION;

GRAVITY CURRENTS;

FLOW OF WATER;

EID: 0032312258     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003012     Document Type: Article

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