Miscible displacement flows in near-horizontal ducts at low Atwood number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 696, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-214

  Taghavi, S M ^a   Alba, K ^a   Seon, T ^b   Wielage Burchard, K ^a   Martinez, D M ^a   Frigaard, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

gravity currents; lubrication theory; multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DENSIMETRIC FROUDE NUMBER; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HORIZONTAL DUCTS; LUBRICATION THEORY; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT;

DUCTS;

BUOYANCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FROUDE NUMBER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84859169871     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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