The lamellar description of mixing in porous media

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 770, Issue , 2015, Pages 458-498

  Le Borgne, T ^a   Dentz, M ^b   Villermaux, E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

geophysical and geological flows; low Reynolds number flows; mixing and dispersion

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; FORECASTING; MIXING; MIXTURES; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONCENTRATION MOMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FLOWS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MIXING AND DISPERSIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SCALAR DISSIPATION RATE; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COALESCENCE; DARCY LAW; DIFFUSION; DISSIPATION; FLOW MODELING; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84927591463     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2015.117     Document Type: Article

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