Small-Scale Fluid Flow
Examine the physics of fluid flow at the microscale in the context of pore-scale transport in subsurface systems and microfluidic models of subsurface systems. Review geological sediment deposition and how that motivates the appropriate microscopic length-scales. Explore equations of mass and momentum conservation for incompressible fluids. Develop simplifications towards the small-scale slow-flow limit to describe transport through pores and cover techniques in microfluidics and micromodels development. Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 383 (Topic: Small-Scale Fluid Flow) and 383 (Topic 77) may not both be counted.
Prerequisites & course information
Examine the physics of fluid flow at the microscale in the context of pore-scale transport in subsurface systems and microfluidic models of subsurface systems. Review geological sediment deposition and how that motivates the appropriate microscopic length-scales. Explore equations of mass and momentum conservation for incompressible fluids. Develop simplifications towards the small-scale slow-flow limit to describe transport through pores and cover techniques in microfluidics and micromodels development. Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 383 (Topic: Small-Scale Fluid Flow) and 383 (Topic 77) may not both be counted.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027