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Optimal control of viscous fingers in radial Hele-Shaw cell

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  • Leonardo Fabio R. Rocero

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40210-340 to 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil)

  • Aureliano Sancho S. Paiva

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40210-340 to 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil†Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 41745-715 Salvador, Brazil)

  • Roberto F. S. Andrade

    (Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40210-340 to 40170-115, Salvador, Brazil†Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 41745-715 Salvador, Brazil)

Abstract

This work considers the displacement of a resident fluid in a radial Hele-Shaw cell by an invading low viscosity fluid driven by time-dependent injection rates. Finger formation in the circular interface through a sequence of bifurcations may be minimized by the optimal choice of a time-dependent injection rate. Approximate solutions of fluid equations predict how bifurcations can be suppressed or strongly reduced. Based on a computational fluid-dynamic approach, the magnitude of the fluctuations of invading interface is numerically evaluated, leading to the identification of the optimal parameter choice for any injection rate family. The combination of two time-dependent injection rates is investigated, where one decreases as a power-law and the second increases linearly. Results for a well tuned change between the two regimes reduce the injection time as compared to those based on a single rate whole process, with similar or reduced effects on interface fluctuations.

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  • Leonardo Fabio R. Rocero & Aureliano Sancho S. Paiva & Roberto F. S. Andrade, 2020. "Optimal control of viscous fingers in radial Hele-Shaw cell," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 31(12), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:31:y:2020:i:12:n:s0129183120501697
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183120501697
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