Oxidation heat pulses in two-phase expansive flow in porous media

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-83

  Marchesin, D ^a   Schecter, S ^b  

^a North Carolina State University ^*  (Brazil)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Conservation laws; Multiphase flow; Porous media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037284146     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012634     Document Type: Article

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