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Flow Visualization of Two-Phase Flow through Layered Porous Media

L. Chaudhari IITB-ONGC Joint Research Centre, Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
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N. J. Hadia Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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S. K. Mitra Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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M. Vinjamur IITB-ONGC Joint Research Centre, Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Pages 948-958 | Received 01 Jun 2009, Accepted 12 Sep 2009, Published online: 09 Mar 2011

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