Dynamic capillary pressure mechanism for instability in gravity-driven flows; Review and extension to very dry conditions

Upscaling Multiphase Flow in Porous Media: From Pore to Core and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-172

  Nieber, John L ^a   Dautov, Rafail Z ^b   Egorov, Andrey G ^b   Sheshukov, Aleksey Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3604-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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