Fingering in Hele-Shaw cells
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 167 (-1), 439-453
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086002902
Abstract
A large class of explicit solutions for Hele-Shaw flow with a free surface is presented. The results are valid when surface-tension effects in the plane of the cell are negligible. Most of the solutions given produce fingers, both in channel flow and on a growing air bubble. Possible behaviour of these fingers is described, and a qualitative comparison with published experimental results is made.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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