Physical Review Fluids · 2019 · 43 citations · 24 references
EngineeringCivil EngineeringPetroleum EngineeringComputational Fluid DynamicsReservoir EngineeringTransport PhenomenaDarcy FlowFluid PropertiesFluid-flow In Porous MediaPorous Media FlowTransport In Porous MediaYield Stress BehaviorDarcy’s LawFlow In Heterogeneous Porous MediaGeneralized Darcy LawHeterogeneous Porous MediaNumerical SimulationPorous MediaYield StressYield Stress Fluids
Experiments and three-dimensional numerical simulations of yield stress fluids in heterogeneous porous media show that, as a result of this disorder, the fluid flows through a single channel near a critical pressure. Beyond that, the number of open channels increases with the pressure applied.
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