Multiphase flow is fundamental to different fields of engineering and science including
petroleum engineering. In oil and gas, flow of multiple phases inside wells is a common …

Motivated by recent experiments, deformation and relaxation of a droplet flowing through a
narrow channel opening to a planar sudden expansion are studied. Using the boundary …

Co-current flow of two immiscible liquids, such as oil and water in a planar fracture, exhibits
nonlinear structures which become important in many natural and engineering systems such …

Two-phase flow inside the oil and gas wells and flow path lines is a usual occurrence in
petroleum and petrochemical studies. Due to its complexity, flow transfer parameters such …

We present a novel method of actuating a microliter droplet held within a Hele-Shaw cell by
means of the surface tension gradient or Marangoni effect. A food color droplet is first …

During the production of titanium products, the presence of aluminum-rich regions can
cause Type II alpha stabilized defects which are deleterious to down-stream performance. Al …

Overall, oil-laden fractured-rock reservoirs contain between 25 and 30 percent of the total
known global petroleum reserves. In these reservoirs, fractures are the dominant flow path …

The topic researched for this thesis pertains to the transport and mixing of liquids in the
micro-scale. With microfluidic applications in mind, the aim of this research is to further …

An immense quantity of hydrocarbon fuel is trapped in the fractured reservoirs, which is
challenging to recover due to a number of issues such as heterogeneity of the reservoir's …