Pressure statistics from the path integral for Darcy flow through random porous media
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Author(s)
Westbroek, Marise JE
Coche, Gil-Arnaud
King, Peter R
Vvedensky, Dimitri D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The path integral for classical statistical dynamics is used to determine the properties of one-dimensional Darcy flow through a porous medium with a correlated stochastic permeability for several spatial correlation lengths. Pressure statistics are obtained from the numerical evaluation of the path integral by using the Markov chain Monte Carlo method. Comparisons between these pressure distributions and those calculated from the classic finite-volume method for the corresponding stochastic differential equation show excellent agreement for Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. The evaluation of the variance of the pressure based on a continuum description of the medium provides an estimate of the effects of discretization. Log-normal and Gaussian fits to the pressure distributions as a function of position within the porous medium are discussed in relation to the spatial extent of the correlations of the permeability fluctuations.
Date Issued
2019-04-04
Date Acceptance
2019-03-19
Citation
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 2019, 52 (18)
ISSN
1751-8113
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Volume
52
Issue
18
Copyright Statement
© 2019 IOP Publishing Ltd. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The definitive publisher authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ab1100.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Mathematical
Physics
path integral
porous media
Darcy equation
pressure
random permeability
Markov chain Monte Carlo method
SIMULATION
DYNAMICS
MODELS
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
185001
Date Publish Online
2019-03-19