Miscible density-unstable displacement flows in inclined tube
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Miscible density-unstable displacement flows in inclined tube K. Alba,1 S. M. Taghavi,2 and I. A. Frigaard1,3,a) 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 6250 Applied Science Lane, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada 2Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136, USA 3Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, 1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z2, Canada
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