Two-phase flow in porous media: Crossover from capillary fingering to compact invasion for drainage

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Ferer, M ^a,b   Bromhal, Grant S ^a   Smith, Duane H ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRAMOLECULAR DIPOLAR COUPLING; MAGNETIC DIPOLES; MOLECULAR COMPOSITION; SPHEROCYLINDER FLUIDS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649032111     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.026303     Document Type: Article

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