Unstable density stratification of miscible fluids in a vertical Hele-Shaw cell: Influence of variable viscosity on the linear stability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 516, Issue , 2004, Pages 211-238

  Goyal, N ^a   Meiburg, E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISPERSIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DENSITY STRATIFICATION; HELE-SHAW EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL THICKNESS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

DENSITY; FLUID MECHANICS; MISCIBILITY; STRATIFICATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 6044266063     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004000680     Document Type: Article

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