The shape of gravity finger in a rectangular channel in homogeneous porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-97

  Zhan, Lang ^a   Yortsos, Yanis C ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingering; Gravity finger; Immiscible displacements

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; GRAVITATION; POROUS MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FINGER GEOMETRY;

SURFACE TENSION;

CHANNEL FLOW; FINGERING; GRAVITY FLOW; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; INTERFACIAL TENSION; MAPPING;

EID: 0036779128     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016042630712     Document Type: Article

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