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| author | Holtzman, Ran Dentz, Marco Moura, Marcel Chubynsky, Mykyta Planet, Ramon Ortin, Jordi |
| author_facet | Holtzman, Ran Dentz, Marco Moura, Marcel Chubynsky, Mykyta Planet, Ramon Ortin, Jordi |
| contents | We examine the nonequilibrium nature of two-phase fluid displacements in a quasi-two-dimensional medium (a model open fracture), in the presence of localized constrictions ("defects"), from a theoretical and numerical standpoint. Our analysis predicts the capillary energy dissipated in abrupt interfacial displacements (jumps) across defects, and relates it to the corresponding hysteresis cycle, e.g. in pressure-saturation. We distinguish between "weak" (reversible interface displacement, exhibiting no hysteresis and dissipation) and "strong" (irreversible) defects. We expose the emergence of dissipation and irreversibility caused by spatial interactions, mediated by interfacial tension, among otherwise weak defects. We exemplify this cooperative behavior for a pair of weak defects and establish a critical separation distance, analytically and numerically, verified by a proof-of-concept experiment. |
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| spellingShingle | Emergence of dissipation and hysteresis from interactions among reversible, non-dissipative units: The case of fluid-fluid interfaces Holtzman, Ran Dentz, Marco Moura, Marcel Chubynsky, Mykyta Planet, Ramon Ortin, Jordi Fluid Dynamics We examine the nonequilibrium nature of two-phase fluid displacements in a quasi-two-dimensional medium (a model open fracture), in the presence of localized constrictions ("defects"), from a theoretical and numerical standpoint. Our analysis predicts the capillary energy dissipated in abrupt interfacial displacements (jumps) across defects, and relates it to the corresponding hysteresis cycle, e.g. in pressure-saturation. We distinguish between "weak" (reversible interface displacement, exhibiting no hysteresis and dissipation) and "strong" (irreversible) defects. We expose the emergence of dissipation and irreversibility caused by spatial interactions, mediated by interfacial tension, among otherwise weak defects. We exemplify this cooperative behavior for a pair of weak defects and establish a critical separation distance, analytically and numerically, verified by a proof-of-concept experiment. |
| title | Emergence of dissipation and hysteresis from interactions among reversible, non-dissipative units: The case of fluid-fluid interfaces |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13077 |