DYNAMIC SCALING OF THE INTERFACE IN 2-PHASE VISCOUS FLOWS IN POROUS-MEDIA

被引:159
作者
HORVATH, VK [1 ]
FAMILY, F [1 ]
VICSEK, T [1 ]
机构
[1] EMORY UNIV,DEPT PHYS,ATLANTA,GA 30322
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL | 1991年 / 24卷 / 01期
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10.1088/0305-4470/24/1/006
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The time evolution and geometry of rough interfaces observed in experiments on immiscible displacement of viscous fluids in porous media are analysed using the concepts of dynamic scaling and self-affine fractal geometry. We find that the development of the interface is governed by dynamic scaling and we have determined the corresponding surface exponents-alpha and beta. The values of the exponents calculated for the experimental patterns are different from those obtained for a variety of two-dimensional models of marginally stable interfaces.
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页码:L25 / L29
页数:5
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