Linear stability analysis and numerical simulation of miscible two-layer channel flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Sahu, K C ^a   Ding, H ^a   Valluri, P ^a   Matara, O K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ABSOLUTE INSTABILITY; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CONVECTIVE DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DESTABILIZING INFLUENCES; HORIZONTAL CHANNELS; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; TRANSIENT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 65549121706     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3116285     Document Type: Article

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