Three-dimensional spectral element simulations of variable density and viscosity, miscible displacements in a capillary tube

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-508

  Wilhelm, Dirk ^a   Meiburg, Eckart ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate singularity; Cylindrical coordinate system; Miscible interfaces; Spectral element method; Variable density and viscosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PIPE FLOW;

TIME-DEPENDENT SIMULATIONS;

VISCOUS FLOW;

DENSITY; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0142244748     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7930(03)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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