A simple derivation of an upper bound in the presence of a viscosity gradient in three-layer Hele-Shaw flows

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Daripa, Prabir ^a   Paa, G ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic instabilities; Multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645659037     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2006/01/P01014     Document Type: Article

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