Morphodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Displacement in Three-Dimensional Deformable Granular Media
Abstract
We study experimentally the displacement of one fluid by another in a granular pack to uncover relationships between fluid invasion and medium deformation. We develop an experimental setup that allows us to reconstruct the coupled invasion-deformation dynamics in 3D. We simultaneously characterize the fluid invasion pattern and document a transition from fluid-fluid displacement in pores to the formation of conduits by grain motion. We rationalize the findings in terms of a simple poromechanics model that indeed captures this transition as a result of the balance between viscous and frictional forces. Furthermore these results contribute to elucidating the role of three dimensionality in the timing, mode, and morphology of fluid-fluid displacement and injection-induced deformation in porous media.
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille (France)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1505625
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1422671
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Applied
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2331-7019
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
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Dalbe, Marie -Julie, and Juanes, Ruben. Morphodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Displacement in Three-Dimensional Deformable Granular Media. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.9.024028.
Dalbe, Marie -Julie, & Juanes, Ruben. Morphodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Displacement in Three-Dimensional Deformable Granular Media. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.9.024028
Dalbe, Marie -Julie, and Juanes, Ruben. Mon .
"Morphodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Displacement in Three-Dimensional Deformable Granular Media". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.9.024028. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1505625.
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title = {Morphodynamics of Fluid-Fluid Displacement in Three-Dimensional Deformable Granular Media},
author = {Dalbe, Marie -Julie and Juanes, Ruben},
abstractNote = {We study experimentally the displacement of one fluid by another in a granular pack to uncover relationships between fluid invasion and medium deformation. We develop an experimental setup that allows us to reconstruct the coupled invasion-deformation dynamics in 3D. We simultaneously characterize the fluid invasion pattern and document a transition from fluid-fluid displacement in pores to the formation of conduits by grain motion. We rationalize the findings in terms of a simple poromechanics model that indeed captures this transition as a result of the balance between viscous and frictional forces. Furthermore these results contribute to elucidating the role of three dimensionality in the timing, mode, and morphology of fluid-fluid displacement and injection-induced deformation in porous media.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevapplied.9.024028},
journal = {Physical Review Applied},
number = 2,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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