Mixing at the interface between two fluids in porous media: A boundary-layer solution

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 584, Issue , 2007, Pages 455-472

  Paster, Amir ^a   Dagan, Gedeon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; PECLET NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER APPROXIMATION; EQUATIONS OF FLOW; EQUATIONS OF TRANSPORT; VARIABLE-DENSITY CODE;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; PECLET NUMBER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; STEADY FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FRESHWATER; INTERFACE; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; POROUS MEDIUM; SEAWATER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 34547678392     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007006532     Document Type: Article

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