Predicting anomalous diffusion rates of Stokes flow in porous media

ORAL

Abstract

Stokes flow in porous media finds many applications in hydrology, filtration, and groundwater flow. I will first describe an experimental setup that simulates two-dimensional Stokes flow in a porous media, and compare experimental and numerical results. Then, I will describe a technique where statistics of the geometry are used to predict statistics of the flow, including anomalous diffusion rates. This technique will be tested on several geometries.

Authors

  • Bryan Quaife

    • Florida State University
    • Univ of Texas, Austin
  • Pietro deAnna

    • Universite de Lausanne
    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
  • George Biros

    • University of Texas
    • Univ of Texas, Austin
  • Ruben Juanes

    • Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT
    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology