Fluctuations in viscous fingering

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Moore, Mitchell G ^a   Juel, Anne ^a   Burgess, John M ^a   McCormick, W D ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VISCOSITY; HELE-SHAW CHANNELS; SILICONE OILS; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

CALCIUM; CAPILLARITY; GLASS; INTERFEROMETRY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SILICONES; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 41349096202     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.030601     Document Type: Article

References (11)

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