Pore scale modeling of immiscible and miscible fluid flows using smoothed particle hydrodynamics

A numerical model based on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) was developed and used to simulate immiscible and miscible fluid flows in porous media and to study effects of pore scale heterogeneity and anisotropy on such flows.     

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics pore-scale simulations of unstable immiscible flow in porous media

We have conducted a series of high-resolution numerical experiments using the Pair-Wise Force Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (PF-SPH) multiphase flow model. First, we derived analytical expressions relating parameters in the PF-SPH model to the surface tension and static contact angle. Next, we used the model to study viscous fingering, capillary fingering, and stable displacement of immiscible fluids in porous media for a wide range of capillary numbers and viscosity ratios. We demonstrated that the steady state saturation profiles and the boundaries of viscous fingering, capillary fingering, and stable displacement regions compare favorably with micromodel laboratory experimental results. For a displacing fluid with low viscosity, we observed that the displacement pattern changes from viscous fingering to stable displacement with increasing injection rate. When a high viscosity fluid is injected, transition behavior from capillary fingering to stable displacement occurred as the flow rate was increased. These observations are also in agreement with the results of the micromodel laboratory experiments.     

Effect of depression storage capacity on overland‐flow generation for rough horizontal surfaces: water transfer distance and scaling

Overland‐flow triggering on rough surfaces was investigated using an understanding‐oriented model. The model was based on conditioned‐walker technique and developed to simulate and analyse the evolution of puddle connection on numerically generated rough surfaces. The percolation theory gave a theoretical framework to formalize model outputs and to study overland‐flow scaling. Overland‐flow triggering appeared consistent with a percolation process. A scale‐change exponent was suggested. New insights based on the concept of transfer distance of water were emphasized. Transfer distance enabled us to analyse the water redistribution inside a field and helped to define rainfall efficiency when infiltration occurred. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于粒子群优化算法与厄米多项式构建地震综合预测投影寻踪回归模型

在地震综合预测投影寻踪研究工作中,投影寻踪回归算法是其中应用最多的一种方法．但一般投影寻踪回归算法构造技术较为复杂,采用多次局部光滑回归,计算量较大,外推较为繁杂,容易陷于局部解．在综合考虑传统投影寻踪回归算法特点的基础上,针对投影寻踪回归计算中存在的一些不利因素,给出了一定的解决思路:采用粒子群优化算法代替高斯 牛顿算法优化投影方向;采用厄米多项式代替分段线性光滑回归来拟合岭函数,以简化优化过程;参数优化无需分组,获得全局优化的岭函数．利用数值仿真技术进行基于粒子群优化算法与厄米多项式构建的投影寻踪回归模型建模能力与计算精度的检验,再将其应用于多维地震时间序列和一般多维无序地震样本回归综合建模预测中．通过计算和分析表明,基于粒子群优化算法与厄米多项式构建的投影寻踪回归模型具有简单、快速、有效的特点,在实际地震综合预测建模中取得了满意的效果,可作为地震预测的一种综合分析方法．      

A model for distributed GIUH‐based flow routing on natural and anthropogenic hillslopes

Attempts to reduce the number of parameters in distributed rainfall–runoff models have not yet resulted in a model that is accurate for both natural and anthropogenic hillslopes. We take on the challenge by proposing a distributed model for overland flow and channel flow based on a combination of a linear response time distribution and the hillslope geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrograph (GIUH), which can be calculated with only a digital elevation model and a map with field boundaries and channel network as input. The spatial domain is subdivided into representative elementary hillslopes (REHs) for each of which we define geometric and flow velocity parameters and compute the GIUH. The catchment GIUH is given by the sum of all REH responses. While most distributed models only perform well on natural hillslopes, the advantage of our approach is that it can also be applied to modified hillslopes with for example a rectangular drainage network and terrace cultivation. Tests show that the REH‐GIUH approach performs better than classical routing functions (exponential and gamma). Simulations of four virtual hillslopes suggest that peak flow at the catchment outlet is directly related to drainage density. By combining the distributed flow routing model with a lumped‐parameter infiltration model, we were also able to demonstrate that terrace cultivation delays the response time and reduces peak flow in comparison to the same hillslope, but with a natural stream network. The REH‐GIUH approach is a first step in the process of coupling distributed hydrological models to erosion and water quality models at the REH (associated with agricultural management) and at the catchment scale (associated with the evaluation of the environmental impact of human activities). It furthermore provides a basis for the development of models for large catchments and urban or peri‐urban catchments. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.