A theoretical study of two-phase flow through a narrow gap with a moving contact line: viscous fingering in a Hele-Shaw cell

DOI10.1017/S0022112090003482MaRDI QIDQ3210312zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. J. Weinstein, Elizabeth B. Dussan V., Lyle H. Ungar

Publication date 1990

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

viscous fingeringthin filmsmoving contact linesHele-Shaw cell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45) Diffusion and convection (76R99) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

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• Interface conditions for two-phase displacement in Hele-Shaw cells
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• Stability of bubbles in a Hele–Shaw cell
• The Penetration of a Finger into a Viscous Fluid in a Channel and Tube
• The effect of surface tension on the shape of fingers in a Hele Shaw cell
• The effect of thin film variations and transverse curvature on the shape of fingers in a Hele–Shaw cell
• The motion of long bubbles in tubes
• Two-phase displacement in Hele Shaw cells: theory

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• Two-phase flow in Hele-Shaw cells: numberical studies of sweep efficiency in a five-spot pattern
• Sensitivity of Saffman-Taylor fingers to channel-depth perturbations
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