Capillary instability in models for three-phase flow

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 713-746

  Azevedo, A V ^a   Marchesin, D ^b   Plohr, B ^c   Zumbrun, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b IMPA   (Brazil)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure instability; Flow in porous media; Nonunique Riemann solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036026443     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00033-002-8180-5     Document Type: Article

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