 Saffman–Taylor instability (source code)

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= Saffman–Taylor instability
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The Saffman–Taylor instability occurs when a more mobile fluid displaces a less mobile fluid in a porous medium or Hele–Shaw cell. Viscosity contrast amplifies interface corrugations, while <surface tension> suppresses sufficiently short wavelengths.

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