Asymptotic solutions of compaction in porous media

Compaction in reactive porous media is modelled as a reaction-diffusion process with a moving boundary. Asymptotic analysis is used to find solutions for the coupled nonlinear compaction equations, and a traveling wave solution is obtained above the reaction zone.     

Entropy solutions for stochastic porous media equations

We provide an entropy formulation for porous medium-type equations with a stochastic, non-linear, spatially inhomogeneous forcing. Well-posedness and $L_1$-contraction is obtained in the class of entropy solutions. Our scope allows for porous medium operators $\mathrm{\Delta }(|u{|}^{m?1}u)$ for all $m\in (1,\infty )$, and Hölder continuous diffusion nonlinearity with exponent 1/2.     

Weak solutions to stochastic porous media equations

A stochastic version of the porous medium equation is studied. The corresponding Kolmogorov equation is solved in a space where is an invariant measure. Then a weak solution, that is a solution in the sense of the corresponding martingale problem, is constructed.     

Existence of global solutions of multicomponent reactive transport problems with mass action kinetics in porous media

We prove the existence and uniqueness of time-global solutions for multi-species multi-reaction advection-diffusion-dispersion problems with mass action kinetics in the space \(W_p^{2,1}([0,T]\!\times\!\Omega)\). The reaction terms of mass action kinetics may contain polynomial expressions of arbitrarily high order. The difficulty to obtain an a~priori estimate for the semilinar system of PDEs is tackled with a special Lyapunov function.     

Global solutions to bubble growth in porous media

We study a moving boundary problem modeling an injected fluid into another viscous fluid. The viscous fluid is withdrawn at infinity and governed by Darcy?s law. We present solutions to the free boundary problem in terms of time-derivative of a generalized Newtonian potentials of the characteristic function of the bubble. This enables us to show that the bubble occupies the entire space as the time tends to infinity if and only if the internal generalized Newtonian potential of the initial bubble is a quadratic polynomial. Howison (1985) [7], and DiBenedetto and Friedman (1986) [2], studied such behavior, but for bounded bubbles. We extend their results to unbounded bubbles.     

Bifurcation of nonlinear problems modeling flows through porous media

This paper deals with a class of nonlinear boundary value problems which appears in the study of models of flows through porous media. Existence results of asymptotic bifurcation and continua are reported both for operator equations and for boundary value problems. This work is supported in part by NSF of Shandong Province and NNSF of China     

Exact solutions for two-phase colloidal-suspension transport in porous media

Two-phase transport of colloids and suspensions occurs in numerous areas of chemical, environmental, geo-, and petroleum engineering. The main effects are particle capture by the rock and altering the flux by changing the suspended and retained concentrations. Multiple mechanisms of suspended particle capture are discussed. The mathematical model for m independent particle-capture mechanisms is considered, resulting in an (m + 2) × (m + 2) system of partial differential equations. Using the stream-function as an independent variable instead of time splits the system into an (m + 1) × (m + 1) auxiliary system, containing only concentrations and one lifting hydrodynamic equation for an unknown phase saturation. Introduction of the concentration potential linked with retention concentrations yields an exact solution of the auxiliary problem. The exact formulae allow for predicting the profiles and breakthrough histories for the suspended and retained concentrations, and phase saturations. The solution shows that for small retained concentrations, the suspended concentration is in a steady-state behind the concentration front, where all the retained concentrations are proportional to the mass of suspended particles that passed via a given reservoir cross-section. The maximum penetration depths for suspended and retained particles are the same and are equal to those for a single-phase flow.     

Mathematical problems on the fluid-solute-heat flow through porous media

A degenerate parabolic system arising from the fluid-solute-heat flow through partially saturated porous media is considered. The existence of weak solutions to the initial boundary value problem of this system is established by time discretization, and the continuity of the weak solutions is discussed.     

Finite-difference analysis of fully dynamic problems for saturated porous media

Finite-difference methods, using staggered grids in space, are considered for the numerical approximation of fully dynamic poroelasticity problems. First, a family of second-order schemes in time is analyzed. A priori estimates for displacements in discrete energy norms are obtained and the corresponding convergence results are proved. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the convergence properties of these methods. As in the case of an incompressible fluid and small permeability, these schemes suffer from spurious oscillations in time, a first order scheme is proposed and analyzed. For this new scheme a priori estimates and convergence results are also given. Finally, numerical examples in one and two dimensions are presented to show the good monotonicity properties of this method.     

Finite-difference analysis of fully dynamic problems for saturated porous media

Finite-difference methods, using staggered grids in space, are considered for the numerical approximation of fully dynamic poroelasticity problems. First, a family of second-order schemes in time is analyzed. A priori estimates for displacements in discrete energy norms are obtained and the corresponding convergence results are proved. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the convergence properties of these methods. As in the case of an incompressible fluid and small permeability, these schemes suffer from spurious oscillations in time, a first order scheme is proposed and analyzed. For this new scheme a priori estimates and convergence results are also given. Finally, numerical examples in one and two dimensions are presented to show the good monotonicity properties of this method.     

Weak solutions for immiscible compressible multifluid flows in porous media

We consider a multifluid flow model describing evolution of pressures and relative saturations of non-miscible and compressible phases in porous media. This model is obtained by a macroscopic representation of the flow. It takes into account capillary effects and velocity fields are described by Darcy laws. Global weak solutions for such a model is introduced. To cite this article: C. Galusinski, M. Saad, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009).     

Convergence of solutions for the stochastic porous media equations and homogenization

This work addresses the stochastic porous media equation with multiplicative noise and diffusivity function depending on the space variable. The first part of the paper proves an existence and uniqueness result for this type of equation, the second part proves the convergence of the solutions in the case of graph convergence of the porous media operator, and this result is used in the third part for an homogenization theorem.     

Exact solutions for the evolution of ellipsoidal inclusions in porous media

This paper derives exact mathematical solutions for the time-dependentevolution of a single ellipsoidal inclusion in a porous mediumwhen a linear straining flow is active in the far field. Thisrepresents a two-phase free boundary problem. It is shown thatthe dynamics is such that an initially ellipsoidal inclusionremains ellipsoidal under evolution. The theory of ellipsoidalharmonics is used to determine the system of ordinary differentialequations governing the geometrical parameters of the ellipsoidalinclusion.     

Barenblatt solution and spherically symmetric solutions of the porous media equation

We consider the Cauchy problem of the porous media equation. We show that it is spherically symmetric solution has the same property as Barenblatt solution, with respct to some regularity property.     

Direct and inverse dynamic problems for SH-waves in porous media

Direct and inverse dynamic problems for the equation of SH-waves in porous media are considered. A singular solution of the direct dynamic problem is constructed. A system of nonlinear Volterra integral equations of the second kind is obtained for the dynamic inverse problems in question. Theorems of uniqueness and theorems of existence in the small for the considered inverse problems are proved. Also, theorems of continuous dependence of solutions of inverse dynamic problems on input data are proved.     

Regularization of outflow problems in unsaturated porous media with dry regions

We study a porous medium with saturated, unsaturated, and dry regions, described by Richards' equation for the saturation s and the pressure p. Due to a degenerate permeability coefficient k(x,s) and a degenerate capillary pressure function pc(x,s), the equations may be of elliptic, parabolic, or of ODE-type. We construct a parabolic regularization of the equations and find conditions that guarantee the convergence of the parabolic solutions to a solution of the degenerate system. An example shows that the convergence fails in general. Our approach provides an existence result for the outflow problem in the case of x-dependent coefficients and a method for a numerical approximation.     

Development of boundary element method to dynamic problems for porous media

Biot's consolidation theory is extended to a general class of viscoelastic bodies defined by Riemann-Stieltjes integral convolutions. From a new reciprocity theorem, proved for the governing equations including the inertia terms, the basic integral representations of the displacement fields and pore pressure are obtained. It is shown that, in the absence of internal inputs, a formulation of the dynamic problem in terms of the boundary unknown fields only is possible.     

On the representations of solutions in the theory of fluid-saturated porous media

In the present paper the linear theory of the liquid-saturatedporous medium consisting of a microscopically incompressiblesolid skeleton containing microscopically incompressible liquidis considered. First, the representation of Galerkin type solutionof equations of motion is obtained. Then, the representationtheorem of Galerkin type of system of the equations of steadyoscillations is presented. Finally, the general solution ofthe system of homogeneous equations of the steady oscillationsin terms of one harmonic function and four metaharmonic functionsis established.     

Large time behaviour of solutions of the porous media equation with absorption

We study the large time behaviour of nonnegative solutions of the Cauchy problemu _t=Δu ^m −u ^p,u(x, 0)=φ(x). Specifically we study the influence of the rate of decay ofφ(x) for large |x|, and the competition between the diffusion and the absorption term.