An extended stability criterion for density-driven flows in homogeneous porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 796-808

  Musuuza, Jude L ^a   Attinger, Sabine ^a,b   Radu, Florin A ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density driven flow; Homogenization theory; Linear stability criterion; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; DENSITY-DRIVEN FLOW; ENERGY EXPLORATIONS; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; GRAVITY FORCES; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIAS; HOMOGENIZATION THEORY; LINEAR STABILITY CRITERION; NON-LINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; OIL INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL STABILITIES; POROUS MEDIA; SCALE INTERACTIONS; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; TWO-SCALE EXPANSIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRAVITATION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; POROUS MATERIALS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 67349181795     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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