On the selection principle for viscous fingering in porous media

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 557, Issue , 2006, Pages 225-236

  Yortsos, Y C ^a   Salin, D ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ENTROPY SOLUTION; MIXING ZONE; UNCORRELATED RANDOM HETEROGENEITY; VISCOUS FINGERING;

VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MIXING; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; VISCOSITY;

FINGERING; POROUS MEDIUM; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33746091730     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006009761     Document Type: Article

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