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Small and large amplitude movement of the unstable interface between two immiscible fluids

Abstract

The flow of immiscible fluids in a confined flow channel is accompanied by a deformation of the surface of separation when the stability conditions are not fulfilled. A simplified schematic for the problem is given, and the characteristic surface perturbation is calculated analytically and numerically. The perturbation is characterized by a wavelength, an amplitude, and the shape of the perturbation at a sufficient distance from the front. Two asymptotic cases are fully discussed: the creation of a wave in the surface, and the shape of a fully developed perturbation. Experimental results from 2 Hele-Shaw models are in satisfactory agreement with the theoretical predictions. Further studies will be concerned with variable rate flow, geometrically divergent flow, layered flow with variable viscosity between layers, and non-Newtonian flow.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1970
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-82-119835
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Rev. Roum. Sci. Tech., Ser. Mec. Appl.; (Romania); Journal Volume: 15:2
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; OIL WELLS; MISCIBLE-PHASE DISPLACEMENT; PETROLEUM; RHEOLOGY; WATER; EQUATIONS; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; ENERGY SOURCES; FLUID INJECTION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; WELLS; 020300* - Petroleum- Drilling & Production
OSTI ID:
5268329
Research Organizations:
Inst Mec Fluides Toulouse
Country of Origin:
Romania
Language:
French
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: RTMAA
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 461-478
Announcement Date:
Jul 01, 1980

Citation Formats

Aribert, J M, and Thirriot, C. Small and large amplitude movement of the unstable interface between two immiscible fluids. Romania: N. p., 1970. Web.
Aribert, J M, & Thirriot, C. Small and large amplitude movement of the unstable interface between two immiscible fluids. Romania.
Aribert, J M, and Thirriot, C. 1970. "Small and large amplitude movement of the unstable interface between two immiscible fluids." Romania.
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title = {Small and large amplitude movement of the unstable interface between two immiscible fluids}
author = {Aribert, J M, and Thirriot, C}
abstractNote = {The flow of immiscible fluids in a confined flow channel is accompanied by a deformation of the surface of separation when the stability conditions are not fulfilled. A simplified schematic for the problem is given, and the characteristic surface perturbation is calculated analytically and numerically. The perturbation is characterized by a wavelength, an amplitude, and the shape of the perturbation at a sufficient distance from the front. Two asymptotic cases are fully discussed: the creation of a wave in the surface, and the shape of a fully developed perturbation. Experimental results from 2 Hele-Shaw models are in satisfactory agreement with the theoretical predictions. Further studies will be concerned with variable rate flow, geometrically divergent flow, layered flow with variable viscosity between layers, and non-Newtonian flow.}
journal = []
volume = {15:2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Romania}
year = {1970}
month = {Jan}
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