Complex and active fluids find broad applications in flows through porous materials.
Nontrivial rheology can couple to porous microstructure leading to surprising flow patterns …

Viscoelastic fluids are a common subclass of rheologically complex materials that are
encountered in diverse fields from biology to polymer processing. Often the flows of …

Viscoelastic flows through porous media become unstable and chaotic beyond critical flow
conditions, impacting widespread industrial and biological processes such as enhanced oil …

The flow of polymer solutions past solid obstacles or through porous media gives rise to rich
physical phenomena over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Viscoelasticity, in …

Polymeric flow through porous media is relevant in industrial applications, such as
enhanced oil recovery, microbial mining, and groundwater remediation. Biological …

Viscoelastic flow instability, which is compelled by elastic effects rather than inertia, can be
driven to a chaotic state termed elastic turbulence (ET) manifested as strong velocity …

Viscoelastic fluids are a subclass of complex fluids used in widespread applications ranging
from biological to large-scale industrial settings. These fluids are often associated with …

Electrokinetic transport phenomena in porous media are encountered in many practical
applications such as electro-chromatography, micro-pumping, chemical remediation of …

Transport of non-Newtonian fluids in porous media is pervasive in many natural and
industrial applications. However, capturing the rheological behaviors of fluids by direct …

Having a basic understanding of non-Newtonian fluid flow through porous media, which
usually consist of series of expansions and contractions, is of importance for enhanced oil …