| Título: | ANALYSE OF THE SIMILAR MORFOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE VISCOUS FINGERS | ||||||||||||
| Autor(es): |
PEDRO SOLEDADE DA CAMARA |
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| Colaborador(es): |
RAFAEL MENEZES DE OLIVEIRA - Orientador |
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| Catalogação: | 15/DEZ/2025 | Língua(s): | PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL |
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| Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | SENIOR PROJECT | ||||||||||
| Notas: |
[pt] Todos os dados constantes dos documentos são de inteira responsabilidade de seus autores. Os dados utilizados nas descrições dos documentos estão em conformidade com os sistemas da administração da PUC-Rio. [en] All data contained in the documents are the sole responsibility of the authors. The data used in the descriptions of the documents are in conformity with the systems of the administration of PUC-Rio. |
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[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/TFCs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=74552@1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/TFCs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=74552@2 |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.74552 | ||||||||||||
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This work investigates the morphological evolution of viscous fingers formed
during the Saffman-Taylor instability, which occurs when a less viscous fluid
displaces a more viscous one in a porous medium. Using numerical data obtained from the vortexsheet method applied to a Hele-Shaw cell in radial
flow, we analyze the physical mechanisms that govern the growth and shape
of the fingers, as well as the effects of the dimensionless parameters that control the instability. The study focuses particularly on the viscosity contrast
and the effective surface tension, using as a reference the article Similarity characteristics in the morphology of radial viscous fingers, published in
the Physics of Fluids, of which I am a coauthor (OLIVEIRA et al., 2023).
Based on this framework, we investigate how these parameters influence
the number, length, amplitude, and stability of interfacial structures over
time. The understanding of these patterns is particularly relevant for industrial applications, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes, in which
the instability reduces sweep efficiency. The results obtained reinforce that
the interaction among viscosity, surface tension, and pressure gradient determines distinct morphological regimes and provides important insights for
modeling, controlling, and reducing instability in real applications.
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