# Domain Growth, Wetting and Scaling in Porous Media

Source: [Domain Growth, Wetting and Scaling in Porous Media](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa24052c2a37601939e1eb>)

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Data updated: 2025-10-24T07:52:29.029Z

Authors: D. W. Grunau, T. Lookman, S. Y. Chen, A. S. Lapedes

Published: 1993-04-21T03:09:44.000Z

## Abstract

The lattice Boltzmann (LB) method is used to study the kinetics of domain growth of a binary fluid in a number of geometries modeling porous media. Unlike the traditional methods which solve the Cahn-Hilliard equation, the LB method correctly simulates fluid properties, phase segregation, interface dynamics and wetting. Our results, based on lattice sizes of up to $4096\\times 4096$, do not show evidence to indicate the breakdown of late stage dynamical scaling, and suggest that confinement of the fluid is the key to the slow kinetics observed. Randomness of the pore structure appears unnecessary.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/comp-gas/9304001>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/comp-gas/9304001.pdf>)