Effects of gravity and inlet/outlet location on a two-phase cocurrent imbibition in porous media

Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  El Amin, M F ^a   Sun, Shuyu ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 79953290567     PISSN: 1110757X     EISSN: 16870042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/673523     Document Type: Article

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