ASYMPTOTICS OF a PARTICLES TRANSPORT PROBLEM

• Main Authors: Kuzmina Ludmila Ivanovna, Osipov Yuri Viktorovich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) 2017-11-01
• Series: Vestnik MGSU
• Subjects: filtration; porous media; suspension; filtration coefficient; particle blocking; suspended particles; retained particles; mathematical model; phase boundary; asymptotics
• Online Access: http://vestnikmgsu.ru/index.php/archive/article/download/4094

Subject: a groundwater filtration affects the strength and stability of underground and hydro-technical constructions. Research objectives: the study of one-dimensional problem of displacement of suspension by the flow of pure water in a porous medium. Materials and methods: when filtering a suspension some particles pass through the porous medium, and some of them are stuck in the pores. It is assumed that size distributions of the solid particles and the pores overlap. In this case, the main mechanism of particle retention is a size-exclusion: the particles pass freely through the large pores and get stuck at the inlet of the tiny pores that are smaller than the particle diameter. The concentrations of suspended and retained particles satisfy two quasi-linear differential equations of the first order. To solve the filtration problem, methods of nonlinear asymptotic analysis are used. Results: in a mathematical model of filtration of suspensions, which takes into account the dependence of the porosity and permeability of the porous medium on concentration of retained particles, the boundary between two phases is moving with variable velocity. The asymptotic solution to the problem is constructed for a small filtration coefficient. The theorem of existence of the asymptotics is proved. Analytical expressions for the principal asymptotic terms are presented for the case of linear coefficients and initial conditions. The asymptotics of the boundary of two phases is given in explicit form. Conclusions: the filtration problem under study can be solved analytically.