Multiple scale structure of non wetting fluid invasion fronts in 3D model porous media
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2014 We report experimental measurements on the structure of invasion fronts obtained by slow vertical injection of liquid, non wetting, Wood metal into non consolidated crushed glass. The geometry of plane cuts of the invasion front both parallel and perpendicular to the flow direction is analysed. The structure of perpendicular cuts is self similar in a length scale range of 1 to 20 with a fractal dimension 1.65. Saturation profiles measured from parallel cuts are in qualitative agreement with invasion percolation models. Possible theoretical predictions for the geometry of horizontal cuts are discussed. J. Physique Lett. 46 (1985) L-1163 L-1171 1 15 DECEMBRE 1985, Classification Physics Abstracts 47.55M
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