Infiltration into inclined fibrous sheets

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 529, Issue , 2005, Pages 173-193

  Landeryou, M ^a   Eames, I ^a   Cottenden, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SLOPE STABILITY; WETTING;

CAPILLARY FORCES; CONSTANT-FLUX SOURCE; POINT SOURCES;

PLASTIC SHEETS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 18644370952     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005003356     Document Type: Article

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