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Alaoui C, Gay A, Vidal V. Oscillations of a particle-laden fountain. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:024901. [PMID: 36109955 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.024901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Different regimes are usually observed for fluid migration through an immersed granular layer. In this work, we report a puzzling behavior when injecting water at a constant flow rate through a nozzle at the bottom of an immersed granular layer in a Hele-Shaw cell. In a given range of parameters (granular layer height and fluid flow rate) the granular bed is not only fluidized, but the particle-laden jet also exhibits periodic oscillations. The frequency and amplitude of the oscillations are quantified. The Strouhal number displays a power-law behavior as a function of a nondimensional parameter, J, defined as the ratio between the jet velocity at the initial granular bed height and the inertial particle velocity. Fluid-particle coupling is responsible for the jet oscillations. This mechanism could be at the origin of the cyclic behavior of pockmarks and mud volcanoes in sedimentary basins.
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- Chaimae Alaoui
- ENSL, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique, F-69342 Lyon, France
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- Géosciences Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Université des Antilles, F-34095 Montpellier, France
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- ENSL, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique, F-69342 Lyon, France
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Vidal V, Gay A. Future challenges on focused fluid migration in sedimentary basins: Insight from field data, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. PAPERS IN PHYSICS 2022. [DOI: 10.4279/pip.140011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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In a present context of sustainable energy and hazard mitigation, understanding fluid migration in sedimentary basins – large subsea provinces of fine saturated sands and clays – is a crucial challenge. Such migration leads to gas or liquid expulsion at the seafloor, whichmay be the signature of deep hydrocarbon reservoirs, or precursors to violent subsea fluid releases. If the former may orient future exploitation, the latter represent strong hazards for anthropic activities such as offshore production, CO$_2$ storage, transoceanic telecom fibers or deep-sea mining. However, at present, the dynamics of fluid migration in sedimentary layers, in particular the upper 500 m, still remains unknown in spite of its strong influence on fluid distribution at the seafloor. Understanding the mechanisms controlling fluid migration and release requires the combination of accurate field data, laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. Each technique shall lead to the understanding of the fluid structures, the mechanisms at stake, and deep insights into fundamental processes ranging from the grain scale to the kilometers-long natural pipes in the sedimentary layers.Here we review the present available techniques, advances and challenges still open for the geosciences, physics, and computer science communities.
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Houssais M, Maldarelli C, Morris JF. Soil granular dynamics on-a-chip: fluidization inception under scrutiny. LAB ON A CHIP 2019; 19:1226-1235. [PMID: 30806644 DOI: 10.1039/c8lc01376d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Predicting soil evolution remains a scientific challenge. This process involves poorly understood aspects of disordered granular matter and dense suspension dynamics. This study presents a novel two-dimensional experiment on a small-scale chip structure; this allows the observation of the deformation at the particle scale of a large-grained sediment bed, under conditions where friction dominates over cohesive and thermal forces, and with an imposed fluid flow. Experiments are performed under conditions which span the particle resuspension criterion, and particle motion is detected and analyzed. The void size population and statistics of particle trajectories bring insight into the sediment dynamics near fluidization conditions. Specifically, particle rearrangement and net bed compaction are observed at flow rates significantly below the criterion for instability growth. Above a threshold flowrate, a channel forms and grows in the vertical direction; and eventually it crosses the entire bed. In the range of flow rates where channelization can occur, the coexistence of compacting and dilating bed scenarios is observed. The results of the study enhance our capacity for modeling of both slow dynamics and eventual rapid destabilization of sediment beds. Microfluidic channel soil-on-a-chip studies open avenues to new investigations including dissolution-precipitation, fine particle transport, or micro-organism swimming and population growth, which may depend on the mechanics of the porous medium itself.
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- Morgane Houssais
- Levich Institute, City College of CUNY, 140th Street and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA.
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Ngoma J, Philippe P, Bonelli S, Radjaï F, Delenne JY. Two-dimensional numerical simulation of chimney fluidization in a granular medium using a combination of discrete element and lattice Boltzmann methods. Phys Rev E 2018; 97:052902. [PMID: 29906944 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.052902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present here a numerical study dedicated to the fluidization of a submerged granular medium induced by a localized fluid injection. To this end, a two-dimensional (2D) model is used, coupling the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) with the discrete element method (DEM) for a relevant description of fluid-grains interaction. An extensive investigation has been carried out to analyze the respective influences of the different parameters of our configuration, both geometrical (bed height, grain diameter, injection width) and physical (fluid viscosity, buoyancy). Compared to previous experimental works, the same qualitative features are recovered as regards the general phenomenology including transitory phase, stationary states, and hysteretic behavior. We also present quantitative findings about transient fluidization, for which several dimensionless quantities and scaling laws are proposed, and about the influence of the injection width, from localized to homogeneous fluidization. Finally, the impact of the present 2D geometry is discussed, by comparison to the real three-dimensional (3D) experiments, as well as the crucial role of the prevailing hydrodynamic regime within the expanding cavity, quantified through a cavity Reynolds number, that can presumably explain some substantial differences observed regarding upward expansion process of the fluidized zone when the fluid viscosity is changed.
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- Jeff Ngoma
- IRSTEA, UR RECOVER, 3275 route de Cézanne, CS 40061, Aix-en-Provence, F-13182, France
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- IRSTEA, UR RECOVER, 3275 route de Cézanne, CS 40061, Aix-en-Provence, F-13182, France
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- IRSTEA, UR RECOVER, 3275 route de Cézanne, CS 40061, Aix-en-Provence, F-13182, France
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- LMGC, CNRS University of Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, Montpellier, F-34090, France.,Multiscale Material Science for Energy and Environment, CNRS/MIT/AMU Joint Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- IATE, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, 2 place Pierre Viala, Montpellier, F-34060, France
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Mena SE, Luu L, Cuéllar P, Philippe P, Curtis JS. Parameters affecting the localized fluidization in a particle medium. AIChE J 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Sarah E. Mena
- Dept. of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of FloridaGainesville FL
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- RECOVER research unitIrstea, Aix‐en‐Provence France
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- Dept. of Chemical EngineeringUniversity of FloridaGainesville FL
- Dean of EngineeringUniversity of California, DavisDavis CA
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Philippe P, Mena S, Brunier-Coulin F, Curtis J. An experimental study of the transient regime to fluidized chimney in a granular medium. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714009030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Puig i Montellà E, Toraldo M, Chareyre B, Sibille L. From continuum analytical description to discrete numerical modelling of localized fluidization in granular media. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714009019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Montellà EP, Toraldo M, Chareyre B, Sibille L. Localized fluidization in granular materials: Theoretical and numerical study. Phys Rev E 2016; 94:052905. [PMID: 27967124 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.052905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present analytical and numerical results on localized fluidization within a granular layer subjected to a local injection of fluid. As the injection rate increases the three different regimes previously reported in the literature are recovered: homogeneous expansion of the bed, fluidized cavity in which fluidization starts developing above the injection area, and finally the chimney of fluidized grains when the fluidization zone reaches the free surface. The analytical approach is at the continuum scale, based on Darcy's law and Therzaghi's effective stress principle. It provides a good description of the phenomenon as long as the porosity of the granular assembly remains relatively homogeneous, i.e., for small injection rates. The numerical approach is at the particle scale based on the coupled discrete element method and a pore-scale finite volume method. It tackles the more heterogeneous situations which occur at larger injection rates. The results from both methods are in qualitative agreement with data published independently. A more quantitative agreement is achieved by the numerical model. A direct link is evidenced between the occurrence of the different regimes of fluidization and the injection aperture. While narrow apertures let the three different regimes be distinguished clearly, larger apertures tend to produce a single homogeneous fluidization regime. In the former case, it is found that the transition between the cavity regime and the chimney regime for an increasing injection rate coincides with a peak in the evolution of inlet pressure. Finally, the occurrence of the different regimes is defined in terms of the normalized flux and aperture.
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- E P Montellà
- University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 3SR, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 3SR, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 3SR, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 3SR, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Poryles R, Vidal V, Varas G. Bubbles trapped in a fluidized bed: Trajectories and contact area. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:032904. [PMID: 27078433 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.032904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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This work investigates the dynamics of bubbles in a confined, immersed granular layer submitted to an ascending gas flow. In the stationary regime, a central fluidized zone of parabolic shape is observed, and the bubbles follow different dynamics: either the bubbles are initially formed outside the fluidized zone and do not exhibit any significant motion over the experimental time or they are located inside the fluidized bed, where they are entrained downwards and are, finally, captured by the central air channel. The dependence of the air volume trapped inside the fluidized zone, the bubble size, and the three-phase contact area on the gas injection flow rate and grain diameter are quantified. We find that the volume fraction of air trapped inside the fluidized region is roughly constant and of the order of 2%-3% when the gas flow rate and the grain size are varied. Contrary to intuition, the gas-liquid-solid contact area, normalized by the air injected into the system, decreases when the flow rate is increased, which may have significant importance in industrial applications.
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- Raphaël Poryles
- Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon-CNRS, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 7, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon-CNRS, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 7, France
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- Instituto de Fisica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso, Avenida Universidad 330, Valparaiso, Chile
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Philippe P, Badiane M. Localized fluidization in a granular medium. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2013; 87:042206. [PMID: 23679406 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.87.042206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present here experimental results on the progressive development of a fluidized zone in a bed of grains, immersed in a liquid, under the effect of a localized upward flow injected through a small orifice at the bottom of the bed. Visualization inside the model granular medium consisting of glass beads is made possible by the combined use of two optical techniques: refractive index matching between the liquid and the beads and planar laser-induced fluorescence. Gradually increasing the injection rate, three regimes are successively observed: static bed, fluidized cavity that does not open to the upper surface of the granular bed, and finally fluidization over the entire height of the granular bed inside a fluidized chimney. The phase diagram is plotted and partially interpreted using a model previously developed by Zoueshtiagh and Merlen [F. Zoueshtiagh and A. Merlen, Phys. Rev. E 75, 053613 (2007)]. A typical sequence, where the flow rate is first increased and then decreased back to zero, reveals a strong hysteretic behavior since the stability of the fluidized cavity is considerably strengthened during the defluidization phase. This effect can be explained by the formation of force arches within the granular packing when the chimney closes up at the top of the bed. A study of the expansion rate of the fluidized cavity was also conducted as well as the analysis of the interaction between two injection orifices with respect to their spacing.
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- P Philippe
- Irstea, UR OHAX, 3275 route de Cézanne, CS40061, Aix-en-Provence, F-13182 France
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Varas G, Vidal V, Géminard JC. Venting dynamics of an immersed granular layer. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 83:011302. [PMID: 21405688 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.011302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 12/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Air is injected locally at the base of an immersed granular bed. The gas, which is forced to flow gently through the material, creates several paths between the grains. We observe that the latter gas venting results in the emission of bubbles in a localized region at the free surface. Additional experiments, performed in two dimensions, permit a direct visualization of the paths, and a theoretical approach shows that the typical size of the region at the free surface can be accounted for by a diffusionlike process. The diffusion coefficient is expressed as a function of the system parameters.
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- Germán Varas
- Laboratoire de Physique, Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure-CNRS, Lyon, France
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Divoux T, Bertin E, Vidal V, Géminard JC. Intermittent outgassing through a non-Newtonian fluid. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:056204. [PMID: 19518533 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.056204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2008] [Revised: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report an experimental study of the intermittent dynamics of a gas flowing through a column of a non-Newtonian fluid. In a given range of the imposed constant flow rate, the system spontaneously alternates between two regimes: bubbles emitted at the bottom either rise independently one from the other or merge to create a winding flue which then connects the bottom air entrance to the free surface. The observations are reminiscent of the spontaneous changes in the degassing regime observed on volcanoes and suggest that, in the nature, such a phenomenon is likely to be governed by the non-Newtonian properties of the magma. We focus on the statistical distribution of the lifespans of the bubbling and flue regimes in the intermittent steady state. The bubbling regime exhibits a characteristic time whereas, interestingly, the flue lifespan displays a decaying power-law distribution. The associated exponent, which is significantly smaller than the value 1.5 often reported experimentally and predicted in some standard intermittency scenarios, depends on the fluid properties and can be interpreted as the ratio of two characteristic times of the system.
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- Thibaut Divoux
- Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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Varas G, Vidal V, Géminard JC. Dynamics of crater formations in immersed granular materials. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:021301. [PMID: 19391733 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.021301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report the formation of a crater at the free surface of an immersed granular bed, locally crossed by an ascending gas flow. In two dimensions, the crater consists of two piles which develop around the location of the gas emission. We observe that the typical size of the crater increases logarithmically with time, independently of the gas emission dynamics. We describe the related granular flows and give an account of the influence of the experimental parameters, especially of the grain size and of the gas flow.
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- Germán Varas
- Laboratoire de Physique, Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex, France
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