Capillary jumps of fluid-fluid fronts across an elementary constriction in a model open fracture

We study experimentally the quasistatic displacement of an oil-air front across a localized constriction in a model open fracture. The front experiences capillary jumps at one end of the constriction in both imbibition and drainage, leading to a microscale pressure-saturation hysteresis cycle. At th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Planet Latorre, Ramon, Díaz Piola, Lautaro, Ortín, Jordi, 1959-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/157966
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/157966
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dinàmica de fluids
Anàlisi numèrica
Fluid dynamics
Numerical analysis
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Sumario:We study experimentally the quasistatic displacement of an oil-air front across a localized constriction in a model open fracture. The front experiences capillary jumps at one end of the constriction in both imbibition and drainage, leading to a microscale pressure-saturation hysteresis cycle. At the other end the front is reversibly pinned. A condition of local mechanical equilibrium between the restoring elasticity of the front and the distortion produced by the local change in aperture captures all we measure quantitatively, in terms of material and geometrical properties only.