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The paper discusses local porosity theory and its relation with other geometric characterization methods for porous media such as correlation functions and contact distributions. Special emphasis is placed on the charcterization of…
Convection-driven porous media flows are common in industrial processes and in nature. The multiscale and multiphase character of these systems and the inherent non-linear flow dynamics make convection in porous media a complex phenomenon.…
We study the causes of anomalous dispersion in Darcy-scale porous media characterized by spatially heterogeneous hydraulic properties. Spatial variability in hydraulic conductivity leads to spatial variability in the flow properties through…
Wetting phenomena play a key role in flows through porous media. Relative permeability and capillary pressure-saturation functions show a high sensitivity to wettability, which has different definitions at the continuum- and pore-scale. At…
In this work, we investigate the fundamental physical mechanism of the transition from Darcy to inertial (Darcy-Forchheimer) regime in steady-state flows through porous media, with the focus on vortex formation. We investigate their…
The hydrodynamic instabilities of propagating interfaces in Hele-Shaw channels or porous media under the influence of an imposed flow and gravitational acceleration are investigated within the framework of Darcy's law. The stability…
We study the distributions of channel openings, local fluxes, and velocities in a two-dimensional random medium of non-overlapping disks. We present theoretical arguments supported by numerical data of high precision and find scaling laws…
We derive exact expressions for so-called ``void'' bounds on the trapping constant $\gamma$ and fluid permeability $k$ for coated-spheres and coated-cylinders models of porous media. We find that in some cases the bounds are optimal, i.e.,…
Nanoporous capsules have been the subject of intense investigation in the field of drug delivery. One of the essential properties of such particles, which requires characterization, is their structure. Many experimental techniques have been…
The characteristic impedance and the propagation coefficient are among the most important parameters for evaluating the acoustic performance of porous materials. This work investigates the influence of cylindrical modes in an impermeable…
In this work we present a new conceptual model to describe fluid flow in a porous media system in presence of a large fault. Geological faults are often modeled simply as interfaces in the rock matrix, but they are complex structure where…
We study the flow of a micropolar fluid in a thin domain with microstructure, i.e. a thin domain with thickness $\varepsilon$ which is perforated by periodically distributed solid cylinders of size $a_\varepsilon$. A main feature of this…
We consider the flow of a generalized Newtonian fluid through a thin porous medium of thickness $\epsilon$, perforated by periodically distributed solid cylinders of size $\epsilon$. We assume that the fluid is described by the 3D…
A fundamental variable characterizing immiscible two-phase flow in porous media is the wetting saturation, which is the ratio between the pore volume filled with wetting fluid and the total pore volume. More generally, this variable comes…
Precipitation and dissolution are prime processes in carbonate rocks and being able to monitor them is of major importance for aquifer and reservoir exploitation or environmental studies. Electrical conductivity is a physical property…
In this paper we study stationary incompressible Newtonian fluid flow in a thin porous media. The media under consideration is a bounded perforated $3D$ domain confined between two parallel plates. The description of the domain includes two…
For a fully-coupled Darcy-Stokes system describing the exchange of fluid and stress balance across the interface between a saturated porous medium and an open very narrow channel, the limiting problem is characterized as the width of the…
We consider a poroelastic medium with a thin heterogeneity, also referred to as a fracture. Fluid flow and mechanical deformation inside both bulk and fracture are governed by the quasi-static Biot equations. The fracture's material…
In order to study the penetration characteristics in areas with different water content and different stress distributions in the radial direction of the hole after hydraulicization measures, an improved LFTD1812 triaxial permeability meter…
Permeability is the key parameter for quantifying fluid flow in porous rocks. Knowledge of the spatial distribution of the connected pore space allows, in principle, to predict the permeability of a rock sample. However, limitations in…