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Numerical simulation of unstable displacement in porous media

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 20–27, March–April, 1979.

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Indel'man, P.V., Kats, R.M. & Shvidler, M.I. Numerical simulation of unstable displacement in porous media. Fluid Dyn 14, 185–190 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051658

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