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Conditions op mobilization of the nonwetting phase in a porous medium

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The characteristics of the motion of individual ganglia in a model of a hydrophilic porous medium have been experimentally investigated. On the basis of a probability analysis the ganglion mobilization data obtained are generalized with allowance for the structure of the pore space.

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    S. V. Dimov & V. V. Kuznetsov

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 104–111, November–December, 1988.

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Dimov, S.V., Kuznetsov, V.V. Conditions op mobilization of the nonwetting phase in a porous medium. Fluid Dyn 23, 888–894 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051825

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