Lattice Boltzmann simulation of viscous fingering phenomenon of immiscible fluids displacement in a channel

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 768-779

  Dong, Bo ^a,b   Yan, Y Y ^a   Li, Weizhong ^b   Song, Yongchen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Immiscible fluids displacement; Interface; LBM; Viscous fingering phenomenon

Indexed keywords

BOND NUMBERS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; FINGER FORMATION; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACE EVOLUTION; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD; MESOSCOPICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ON FLOW; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VISCOUS FINGERING; VISCOUS FORCES;

DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

FLUIDS;

EID: 76949088393     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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