Hybrid LBM and machine learning algorithms for permeability prediction of porous media: a comparative study

Q Kang, KQ Li, JL Fu, Y Liu - Computers and Geotechnics, 2024 - Elsevier
Investigation of porous media's permeability is vital for underground resource extraction.
Due to the disordered internal structures, it remains a challenge to accurately evaluate the …

Review on airflow in unsaturated zones induced by natural forcings

X Kuang, JJ Jiao, H Li - Water Resources Research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Subsurface airflow in unsaturated zones induced by natural forcings is of importance in
many environmental and engineering fields, such as environmental remediation, water …

What can we learn from the water retention characteristic of a soil regarding its hydrological and agricultural functions? Review and analysis of actual knowledge

S Assouline - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The soil properties of the upper soil layer determine the partitioning between infiltration,
runoff, and evaporation, key processes related to soil agricultural and hydrological …

A fractal model for water flow through unsaturated porous rocks

B **ao, X Zhang, WEI Wang, G Long, H Chen… - Fractals, 2018 - World Scientific
In this work, considering the effect of porosity, pore size, saturation of water and tortuosity
fractal dimension, an analytical model for the capillary pressure and water relative …

Direct prediction of relative permeability curve from 3D digital rock images based on deep learning approaches

C **e, J Zhu, J Wang, J Yang, H Song - International Journal of Rock …, 2023 - Elsevier
The relative permeability curve is one of the key features to evaluate the flow property of a
porous medium, which is important in petroleum and gas industry, yet it is not easy to obtain …

Application of carbon dioxide as working fluid in geothermal development considering a complex fractured system

Y Chen, G Ma, H Wang, T Li, Y Wang - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The advantages of using supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid in geothermal
development (potential carbon dioxide geological storage and relatively high mobility) have …

A novel fractal model for relative permeability of gas diffusion layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cell with capillary pressure effect

B **ao, WEI Wang, X Zhang, G Long, H Chen, H Cai… - Fractals, 2019 - World Scientific
The investigation of fluids transport through porous gas diffusion layer (GDL) is very
important to improve the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). In …

Towards the effects of moss-dominated biocrusts on surface soil aeration in drylands: Air permeability analysis and modeling

F Sun, B **ao, GJ Kidron, M Tuller - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil aeration is an important factor influencing soil biological and biochemical processes
because it directly affects soil microbial activity and respiration. As an important living skin of …

A fractal capillary model for multiphase flow in porous media with hysteresis effect

H Chen, K Chen, M Yang, P Xu - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2020 - Elsevier
Multiphase flow in unsaturated porous media exhibiting hysteretic phenomenon is of great
significance to oil and gas recovery, agriculture, and hydrology etc. Water retention curve …

An approach to calibrate the unsaturated hydraulic properties of a soil through numerical modelling of a small-scale slope model exposed to rainfall

L Crescenzo, J Peranić, Ž Arbanas, M Calvello - Acta Geotechnica, 2024 - Springer
Numerous studies have looked at rainfall infiltration as a triggering factor for rainfall-induced
landslides. In addition to rainfall characteristics, soil hydraulic properties are recognized to …