A state-of-the-art review of experimental and computational studies of granular materials: Properties, advances, challenges, and future directions

P Tahmasebi - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Wettability and Lenormand's diagram

BK Primkulov, AA Pahlavan, X Fu, B Zhao… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Fluid–fluid displacement in porous media has been viewed through the lens of Lenormand's
phase diagram since the late 1980s. This diagram suggests that the character of the flow is …

A Darcy–Cahn–Hilliard model of multiphase fluid-driven fracture

A Guével, Y Meng, C Peco, R Juanes… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A Darcy–Cahn–Hilliard model coupled with damage is developed to describe
multiphase-flow and fluid-driven fracturing in porous media. The model is motivated by …

Effect of wettability on two-phase flow through granular porous media: fluid rupture and mechanics of the media

MA Hosseini, S Kamrava, M Sahimi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A key parameter with considerable influence on the spatial distribution of the fluid phases in
porous media is the wettability. Understanding the effect of wettability on fluids' distribution in …

Liquid cohesion induced particle agglomeration enhances clogging in rock fractures

R Zhang, Z Yang, R Detwiler, D Li, G Ma… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Suspended particle transport is frequently involved in many geophysical processes and
subsurface engineering applications. Although common and important, the effect of liquid …

Modeling multiphase flow within and around deformable porous materials: A Darcy‐Brinkman‐Biot Approach

FJ Carrillo, IC Bourg - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present a new computational fluid dynamics approach for simulating two‐phase flow in
hybrid systems containing solid‐free regions and deformable porous matrices. Our …

Multiphase flow and granular mechanics

R Juanes, Y Meng, BK Primkulov - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
In this perspective we provide a brief overview of the state of knowledge and recent progress
in the area of multiphase flow through deformable granular media. We show, with many …

Frictional fluid instabilities shaped by viscous forces

D Zhang, JM Campbell, JA Eriksen, EG Flekkøy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiphase flows involving granular materials are complex and prone to pattern formation
caused by competing mechanical and hydrodynamic interactions. Here we study the …

Crossover from viscous fingering to fracturing in cohesive wet granular media: a photoporomechanics study

Y Meng, W Li, R Juanes - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We study fluid-induced deformation and fracture of cohesive granular media, and apply
photoporomechanics to uncover the underpinning grain-scale mechanics. We fabricate …

Unjamming Transition as a Paradigm for Biomechanical Control of Cancer Metastasis

G Cai, NC Rodgers, AP Liu - Cytoskeleton, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor metastasis is a complex phenomenon that poses significant challenges to current
cancer therapeutics. While the biochemical signaling involved in promoting motile …