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Hele—Shaw flow model of the injection by a point source

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Pavel Čížek
Affiliation:
Charles University, Prague
Vladimír Janovský
Affiliation:
Charles University, Prague

Synopsis

A variational formulation of the Hele—Shaw flow model of the point injection of fluid into a laminar cell is introduced. The analysis concerning the existence, uniqueness and regularity of a solution to the variational problem is presented.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1981

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