3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2022
Viscous Fingering Instability of Complex Fluids in a Tapered Geometry
Alban Pouplard, Peichun Amy Tsai
Viscous fingering (VF) is an interfacial instability that occurs in a narrow confinement or porous medium when a less-viscous fluid pushes a more viscous one, producing finger-like…
physics.flu-dyn2022
Control of Viscous Fingering Instability for Complex Yield-Stress Fluids using a Tapered Cell
Alban Pouplard, Peichun Amy Tsai
Being a major limiting factor for the efficiency of various technologies, such as Enhanced Oil Recovery, the viscous fingering (or Saffman--Taylor) instability has been extensively…
physics.flu-dyn2022
Controlling Viscous Fingering Instabilities of Complex Fluids
Alban Pouplard, Peichun Amy Tsai
The process of one fluid pushing another is universally common while involving complex interfacial instabilities. Particularly, occurring in a myriad of natural and industrial proc…