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Microgravity Science and Technology

, Volume 31, Issue 5, pp 629–639 | Cite as

Microgravity Investigation of Seepage Flows in Porous Media

  • N. N. Smirnov
  • V. F. Nikitin
  • E. I. SkrylevaEmail author
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  1. Thirty Years of Microgravity Research - A Topical Collection Dedicated to J. C. Legros

Abstract

The capillary driven seepage in porous media under microgravity conditions is investigated. Experiments on the flow of a liquid in an inhomogeneous artificial porous medium are presented. A non-stationary mathematical model of the flow of a multiphase fluid in a sample of a porous medium is described. The experimental data are compared with the results of a three-dimensional numerical simulation of the multiphase seepage process. The behavior of the imbibition front when passing through a boundary of medias with different permeability is investigated.

Keywords

Microgravity Imbibition Capillary forces Porous inhomogeneous media Seepage flows 
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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge the support by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant initiative № 16-29-15080).

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Authors and Affiliations

  • N. N. Smirnov
    • 1
    • 2
  • V. F. Nikitin
    • 1
    • 2
  • E. I. Skryleva
    • 1
    • 2
    Email author
  1. 1.Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia
  2. 2.Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State UniversityMoscowRussia

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