Avalanche dynamics in fluid imbibition near the depinning transition

作者:Pradas Marc*; Lopez Juan M; Hernandez Machado A
来源:Physical Review E, 2009, 80(5): 050101.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.80.050101

摘要

We study avalanche dynamics and local activity of forced-flow imbibition fronts in disordered media. We focus on the front dynamics as the mean velocity of the interface v is decreased and the pinning state is approached. Scaling arguments allow us to obtain the statistics of avalanche sizes and durations, which become power-law distributed due to the existence of a critical point at v=0. Results are compared with phase-field numerical simulations.

  • 出版日期2009-11