Viscous fingering of a miscible reactive A + B → C interface: A linear stability analysis

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 652, Issue , 2010, Pages 501-528

  Hejazi, S H ^a   Trevelyan, P M J ^b   Azaiez, J ^a   De Wit, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; STABILITY CRITERIA; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

DISPERSION CURVES; IMPLICIT SOLUTIONS; MISCIBLE SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; QUASI STEADY STATE APPROXIMATION; REACTION-DIFFUSION-CONVECTION; VISCOUS FINGERING;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; FINGERING; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 77953344239     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010000327     Document Type: Article

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