Numerical simulation of double-diffusive finger convection

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Hughes, Joseph D ^a   Sanford, Ward E ^b   Vacher, H Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAPPING; MASS TRANSFER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MOLECULAR DIFFUSITIVITY; MULTICOMPONENT FLOW; SOLUTE-TRANSPORT EQUATION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DIFFUSION; FINGERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

DIFFUSION; FINGERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 14944351017     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002777     Document Type: Article

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