Wetting front dynamics in an isotropic porous medium

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 694, Issue , 2012, Pages 399-407

  Shikhmurzaev, Yulii D ^a   Sprittles, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capillary flows; porous media; topological fluid dynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

CONJUGATE PROBLEMS; CONSTRUCTING MODELS; INCOMPRESSIBLE LIQUIDS; ISOTROPIC POROUS MEDIUM; MODES OF MOTION; POROUS MATRIXS; SIMPLE MODELING; THRESHOLD PHENOMENA;

WETTING;

DARCY LAW; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FLUID DYNAMICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; TOPOLOGY; VISCOUS FLOW; WETTING;

EID: 84857522453     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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