- January 19, 2024
- Posted by: M. Sadegh Riasi
- Category: Society News
In anticipation of InterPore2024, we’re introducing the invited speakers in today’s and forthcoming Newsletters and Bulletins. This week: Ivan Lunati
Ivan Lunati
Empa, Switzerland
Title: Inertia, non-equilibrium, and momentum conservation in porous media
Bio: Ivan Lunati is a physicist with interests that span theory, scientific computing, and experiments. In 2020, he joined Empa, where he is currently the Head of the Laboratory for Computational Engineering. His current research is intrinsically interdisciplinary and embraces, in addition to porous media, atomistic simulations, artificial intelligence, electro-optical diagnostic, network science, epidemiology, and virus transport.
Abstract: Theoretical and computational models of flow through porous media typically ignore inertial effects and use Darcy’s law (and extensions thereof) to approximate momentum balance. This contrasts with experimental observations of rapid fluid movement in the pore space, such as Haines jumps. We review the role of local inertial effects in shaping the morphology of invading fluid fronts, paying particular attention to… read more