Visco-plastic fluid displacements in near-vertical narrow eccentric annuli: Prediction of travelling-wave solutions and interfacial instability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 520, Issue , 2004, Pages 343-377

  Pelipenko, S ^a   Frigaard, I A ^b  

^a University of British Columbia ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; VISCOSITY;

AD-HOC RULE BASED DESIGN; ECCENTRIC ANNULI; HELE-SHAW DISPLACEMENTS; LAMINAR DISPLACEMENT;

VISCOPLASTICITY;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 12144279842     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004001752     Document Type: Article

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