FRAGMENTATION OF INVASION PERCOLATION CLUSTER IN 2-DIMENSIONAL POROUS-MEDIA

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作者
WAGNER, G
BIROVLJEV, A
MEAKIN, P
FEDER, J
JOSSANG, T
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Blindern, 0316
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1995年 / 31卷 / 03期
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10.1209/0295-5075/31/3/003
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Two-phase fluid displacement in a two-dimensional porous medium has been studied experimentally and by simulations. A random porous medium was saturated with a wetting fluid (water/glycerol). A non-wetting fluid (air) was then slowly injected, forming a fractal invasion percolation-like structure. Shortly before breakthrough, the pressure of the wetting fluid was increased and the non-wetting fluid was forced to withdraw. The structure formed by the non-wetting fluid disintegrated into fragments. The displacement patterns were found to agree well with patterns obtained from simulations based on an invasion percolation model.
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