Three-dimensional simulation of liquid drop dynamics within unsaturated vertical Hele-Shaw cells

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Hai ^a   Meakin, Paul ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATION; SIMULATED MOVING VELOCITIES;

DROPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DROPLET; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 43049095339     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006158     Document Type: Article

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