Fluid-Phase Morphologies Induced By Capillary Processes In Porous Media

Abstract A topological analysis of the phase-filled state of “sites” (cavities, antrae) and “bonds” (passages, windows), is presented graphically for several capillary processes in porous media. The originalities of this treatment consist in: (i) fundamental and technical aspects of the simulation of porous media, allowing topological size-correlations between neighbouring network elements, and (ii) consideration of menisci cooperative behaviour according to local network geometry and appropriate physical constraints for each process.