Preferential flow penetration in a network of identical channels

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Al Housseiny, Talal T ^a   Hernandez, Jesus ^b   Stone, Howard A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUIDS; PHYSICS;

CAPILLARY FORCE; FLUID PENETRATION; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; PENETRATION SPEED; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SHAPE VARIATIONS; SMALL CHANNELS; WETTING PROPERTY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 84905233561     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4872275     Document Type: Article

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