Transient behavior of water-oil interface in an upward flow in porous media

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-110

  Ould Amer, Y ^a   Chikh, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROSITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0038343408     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v6.i2.20     Document Type: Article

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