The effect of thin film variations and transverse curvature on the shape of fingers in a Hele–Shaw cell

DOI10.1063/1.866105zbMath0634.76103OpenAlexW2026249110MaRDI QIDQ3773627

Douglas A. Reinelt

Publication date: 1987

Published in: The Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.866105

zbMATH Keywords

boundary conditionsHele-Shaw cellsteady-state shape of a fingerthin film variations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• The penetration of a fluid into a porous medium or Hele-Shaw cell containing a more viscous liquid