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Multiscale Hyperbolic-Parabolic Models for Nonlinear Reactive Transport in Heterogeneously Fractured Porous Media

Analysis of PDEs 2026-02-19 v1

Abstract

We study nonlinear reactive transport in a layered porous medium separated by an ε\varepsilon-thin, highly heterogeneous fracture whose aperture and obstacle pattern vary periodically. Species transport in the bulk is governed by parabolic reaction--diffusion equations, coupled to a convection-diffusion-reaction problem in the fracture with nonlinear wall and obstacle reactions and Peclet number of order O(ε1)O(\varepsilon^{-1}). Via multiscale analysis as ε0\varepsilon \to 0, when the fracture collapses to a flat interface, we derive a new type of homogenized model consisting of bulk diffusion--reaction equations coupled through nonlinear interface conditions and a first-order semilinear hyperbolic system on the interface. We prove well-posedness and regularity of the limit system, construct a multiscale approximation with boundary-layer correctors, and derive quantitative error estimates in suitable energy norms.

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@article{arxiv.2602.16439,
  title  = {Multiscale Hyperbolic-Parabolic Models for Nonlinear Reactive Transport in Heterogeneously Fractured Porous Media},
  author = {Taras Mel'nyk and Sorin Pop and Christian Rohde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.16439},
  year   = {2026}
}

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39 pages, 4 figures