Buoyancy-dominated displacement flows in near-horizontal channels: The viscous limit

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-35

  Taghavi, S M ^a   Seon, T ^a   Martinez, D M ^a   Frigaard, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; EFFICIENCY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; SHEAR THINNING;

COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; GENERALIZED NEWTONIAN FLUID; INTERFACE PROPAGATION; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTION;

YIELD STRESS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70350093429     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009990620     Document Type: Article

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