On the range of validity of parabolic models for fluid flow through isotropic homogeneous porous media

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Autores principales: Dapelo, Davide, Simonis, Stephan, Nezhad, Mohaddeseh Mousavi, Krause, Mathias J., Bridgeman, John
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author Dapelo, Davide
Simonis, Stephan
Nezhad, Mohaddeseh Mousavi
Krause, Mathias J.
Bridgeman, John
author_facet Dapelo, Davide
Simonis, Stephan
Nezhad, Mohaddeseh Mousavi
Krause, Mathias J.
Bridgeman, John
contents Lattice-Boltzmann methods are established mesoscopic numerical schemes for fluid flow, that recover the evolution of macroscopic quantities (viz., velocity and pressure fields) evolving under macroscopic target equations. The approximated target equations for fluid flows are typically parabolic and include a (weak) compressibility term. A number of Lattice-Boltzmann models targeting, or making use of, flow through porous media in the representative elementary volume, have been successfully developed. However, apart from two exceptions, the target equations are not reported, or the assumptions for and approximations of these equations are not fully clarified. Within this work, the underlying assumption underpinning parabolic equations for porous flow in the representative elementary volume, are discussed, clarified and listed. It is shown that the commonly-adopted assumption of negligible hydraulic dispersion is not justifiable by clear argument - and in fact, that by not adopting it, one can provide a qualitative and quantitative expression for the effective viscosity in the Brinkman correction of Darcy law. Finally, it is shown that, under certain conditions, it is possible to interpret porous models as Euler-Euler multiphase models wherein one phase is the solid matrix.
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spellingShingle On the range of validity of parabolic models for fluid flow through isotropic homogeneous porous media
Dapelo, Davide
Simonis, Stephan
Nezhad, Mohaddeseh Mousavi
Krause, Mathias J.
Bridgeman, John
Fluid Dynamics
Mathematical Physics
Lattice-Boltzmann methods are established mesoscopic numerical schemes for fluid flow, that recover the evolution of macroscopic quantities (viz., velocity and pressure fields) evolving under macroscopic target equations. The approximated target equations for fluid flows are typically parabolic and include a (weak) compressibility term. A number of Lattice-Boltzmann models targeting, or making use of, flow through porous media in the representative elementary volume, have been successfully developed. However, apart from two exceptions, the target equations are not reported, or the assumptions for and approximations of these equations are not fully clarified. Within this work, the underlying assumption underpinning parabolic equations for porous flow in the representative elementary volume, are discussed, clarified and listed. It is shown that the commonly-adopted assumption of negligible hydraulic dispersion is not justifiable by clear argument - and in fact, that by not adopting it, one can provide a qualitative and quantitative expression for the effective viscosity in the Brinkman correction of Darcy law. Finally, it is shown that, under certain conditions, it is possible to interpret porous models as Euler-Euler multiphase models wherein one phase is the solid matrix.
title On the range of validity of parabolic models for fluid flow through isotropic homogeneous porous media
topic Fluid Dynamics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12280