The effect of dispersion on the stability of density-driven flows in saturated homogeneous porous media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-432

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

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell centred finite volume method; Density driven flow; Dispersion zone; Homogeneous medium; Implicit Euler method; Linear stability

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CUTOFF WAVELENGTHS; DENSITY DRIVEN FLOWS; DISPERSION EFFECT; FINITE VOLUME; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; IMPLICIT EULER METHOD; LINEAR STABILITY; MIXING ZONES; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; NUMBER OF FINGERS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL STABILITY; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STABILITY NUMBER; STABILITY TRANSITION; VERTICAL FLOW SYSTEMS; VISCOSITY CONTRAST;

DISPERSIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY CRITERIA;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DISPERSIVITY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 79451476068     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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