Nonlinear stability of gravitationally unstable, transient, diffusive boundary layers in porous media

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 745, Issue , 2014, Pages 251-278

  Tilton, N ^a   Riaz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

buoyancy driven instability; fingering instability; nonlinear instability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FOURIER SERIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; DIFFUSIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINGERING INSTABILITIES; INITIAL PERTURBATION; NON-LINEAR STABILITIES; NONLINEAR CONVECTION; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION; DIFFUSIVITY; FLOW STABILITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84909952071     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.72     Document Type: Article

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