A quasi-linear parabolic system for three-phase capillary flow in porous media

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1029-1041

  Frid, Hermano ^a   Shelukhin, Vladimir ^b  

^a IMPA   (Brazil)

^b LAVRENTYEV INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Existence; Porous media; Three phase capillary flows; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142749784     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036141002402165     Document Type: Article

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