The Oldroyd-B model has been used extensively to predict a host of instabilities in shearing
flows of viscoelastic fluids, often realized experimentally using polymer solutions. The …

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 …

Micelles are formed by the self-assembly of surfactants in solutions. Wormlike micelles or
living polymers are a particularly interesting fluids because their long flexible cylindrical …

Three non-Newtonian constitutive models are employed to investigate how fluid rheological
properties influence the development of laterally asymmetric flows past confined cylinders …

The flow of viscoelastic polymeric fluids through porous media is common in industrial
applications such as oil recovery and groundwater remediation. Polymeric stresses can lead …

Viscoelastic flows through microscale porous arrays exhibit complex path selection and
switching phenomena. However, understanding this process is limited by a lack of studies …

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 …