Microgravity investigations of instability and mixing flux in frontal displacement of fluids

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 35-51

  Smirnov, N N ^a   Nikitin, V F ^a   Ivashnyov, O E ^a   Maximenko, A ^b   Thiercelin, M ^b   Vedernikov, A ^c   Scheid, B ^c   Legros, J C ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SCHLUMBERGER MOSCOW RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; MIXING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

FRONTAL DISPLACEMENT; MICROGRAVITY; MIXING FLUX; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 4444222752     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02870957     Document Type: Article

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