 Hele-Shaw flow

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Codex  0 Created 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-10-14

Hele–Shaw flow is slow flow between closely spaced parallel plates. Averaging across a gap of thickness

h

gives the Darcy-type law

\overline{u} = - \frac{h ^{2}}{12 μ} \nabla p

relative to stationary plates.

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