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Pinning of Water Imbibition Front In Porous Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Po-Zen Wong ,
Thomas Delker ,
Morgan Hott  and
David B. Pengra
Po-Zen Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Thomas Delker
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
Morgan Hott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
David B. Pengra
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
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Abstract

We report a study of the dynamics of capillary rise of water in a column of glass beads. The water column height h is measured as a function of time t. Analyzing the late-time data in terms of critical pinning, dh/dt α (P − Pa)β, we find an anomalously large exponent β. A similar measurement for contact line pinning in capillary tubes indicates β < 1. We discuss these findings in light of recent theories for domain wall pinning in the random-field Ising model and suggest a new equation of motion which corresponds to the Wolf-Villain model with quenched noise.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 407: Symposium M – Disordered Materials and Interfaces-Fractals, structure and Dynamics , 1995 , 27
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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