Dispersal of buoyancy-driven flow in porous media with inclined baffles

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 689, Issue , 2011, Pages 517-528

  Rayward Smith, W J ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gravity currents; mixing and dispersion; porous media

Indexed keywords

LAKES; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRODUCED WATER;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MIXING AND DISPERSIONS; MULTI-LAYERED SYSTEMS; RECURRENCE RELATIONS; REGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

BUOYANCY;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISPERSION; FORMATION WATER; GRAVITY FLOW; MIXING RATIO; PERMEABILITY; PLUME; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84855810812     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.442     Document Type: Article

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