Miscible density fingering of chemical fronts in porous media: Nonlinear simulations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-175

  De Wit, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DIFFUSION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUBILITY;

NONLINEAR SPEED;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FINGERING; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MISCIBILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0742270470     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1630576     Document Type: Article

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