Wetting front instabilities: A three-dimensional experimental investigation

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-353

  Tullis, Blake P ^a   Wright, Steven J ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingering; Infiltration; Neutron radiography; Wetting front instability

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

REAL-TIME IMAGING SYSTEM; SYSTEM FLUX RATE; WETTING FRONT INSTABILITY;

WETTING;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INFILTRATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

DATA SET; IMAGING METHOD; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; POROUS MEDIUM; VISCOSITY; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 38349189857     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9103-x     Document Type: Article

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