Viscous fingering in poorly miscible power-law fluids

A renowned problem of a viscous fluid displacement by a less viscous one from a Hele–Shaw cell is considered. Both fluids exhibit non-Newtonian properties: a power-law viscosity dependence on strain rates (Ostwald–de Waele rheology). A unified approach independent of particular rheology is applied t...

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Published in:Physics of fluids (1994) 2022-06, Vol.34 (6)
Main Author: Logvinov, Oleg A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundary conditions
Equations of motion
Fluid dynamics
Interface stability
Molecular diffusion
Ostwald ripening
Physics
Power law
Rheological properties
Rheology
Stability analysis
Surface tension
Viscous fluids
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Summary:A renowned problem of a viscous fluid displacement by a less viscous one from a Hele–Shaw cell is considered. Both fluids exhibit non-Newtonian properties: a power-law viscosity dependence on strain rates (Ostwald–de Waele rheology). A unified approach independent of particular rheology is applied to derive averaged two-dimensional equations of motion (so-called Hele–Shaw models). The equations are based on Reynolds class averaging procedure. Under these governing equations, linear stability analysis of the radial interface is conducted with a new key idea—possibility of characteristic size selection even in the absence of stabilizing factors such as surface tension and molecular diffusion. For proving this, proper boundary conditions are set on the interface, namely, the equality of full normal stresses including viscous ones, instead of the simple equality of pressures.
ISSN:1070-6631
1089-7666
DOI:10.1063/5.0088487