Control of interfacial instabilities using flow geometry

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 747-750

  Al Housseiny, Talal T ^a   Tsai, Peichun A ^a   Stone, Howard A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISCOSITY;

CONTROL SETTINGS; DISPLACEMENT INSTABILITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY; LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS; POROUS STRUCTURES; SMALL SCALE TECHNOLOGY; VISCOUS FINGERING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84867197567     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2396     Document Type: Article

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