Linear stability of radial displacements in porous media: Influence of velocity-induced dispersion and concentration-dependent diffusion

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3592-3598

  Riaz, A ^a   Pankiewitz, C ^b   Meiburg, E ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLUBILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

BASEFLOW; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; VISCOUS ENVIRONMENTS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DISPLACEMENT; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIAL FLOW;

EID: 7244254353     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1775431     Document Type: Article

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