Miscible gravitational instability of initially stable horizontal interface in a porous medium: Non-monotonic density profiles

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Min Chan ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE;

FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; INFINITE DOMAINS; QUASI STEADY STATE APPROXIMATION; SEQUESTRATION PROCESS; SPECTRAL METHODS; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; UNCONDITIONALLY STABLE; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; DIFFUSION LAYERS; LINEAR STABILITY;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84909951613     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4900859     Document Type: Article

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