Stability of gravity-driven multiphase flow in porous media: 40 Years of advancements

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4531-4544

  Dicarlo, D A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

multiphase flow; preferential flow; saturation overshoot; unstable flow

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY;

FUTURE MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW IN POROUS MEDIAS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SATURATION OVERSHOOT; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TAYLOR'S ANALYSIS; UNSTABLE FLOWS; VERTICAL INFILTRATION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; GRAVITY FIELD; INFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

EID: 84881395318     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20359     Document Type: Article

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