#import "@preview/charged-ieee:0.1.3": ieee #show: ieee.with( title: [Stokes flow - Particle interaction in low Reynolds Number environments], abstract: [ ], authors: ( ( name: "Claudius Holeksa", department: [CSSR], organization: [NORCE Research AS], location: [Bergen, Norway], email: "clho@norceresearch.no" ), ), index-terms: ("Fluid Mechanics", "Review"), bibliography: bibliography("refs.bib"), figure-supplement: [Fig.], ) = Introduction Flow in porous subsurface structures often is dominated by extremely low velocity and high viscous fluids with low Reynolds numbers $"Re" << 1$. In such a condition, the flow enters a state called the Stokes Flow or creeping flow, where inertial forces can be assumed to be zero and viscous forces dominate the whole connected set. This kind of flow is found in geological processes, in carbohydrate recovery, filtration systems and CO_2 storage where the pore-scale motion of particles and their interaction with the surrounding porous medium strongly influence macroscopic properties such as the permeability of rock layers. Undestanding particle transport, bridging and in general clogging phenomena is critical for the effective use and management of subsurface reservoirs. The tiniest changes can alter the established path in a porous geometry and transport behaviour over time. Thus, the behaviour of individual particles in Stokes Flow form the For the understanding of porous media, where particle transport, bridging and clogging phenomena are critical to the use of subsurface reservoirs. Be it either for carbohydrate resource recovery or storage of CO2. Understanding the behaviour of particles in Stokes flow is key to analyzing more complex phenomena emerging over time such as permeability reduction over periods of time.\ The study of the Stokes Flow has a long history, beginning with Stokes' solution flow along a sphere@stokes1851.\ Subsequent work expanded to explore a multitude of shapes and the interaction of multiple particles. More recently, research was performed in the understanding of creeping flow which are essential in water treatment, carbohydrate recovery and CO2 storage. // CITE This report delves into the central aspects governing the known behaviour past single and multiple spheres. Explores the effect of it in porous media and examines the more recent particle bridging behaviour found in porous structures. == Stokes Flow // Write about Navier The incompressible Navier Stokes equations are a set of equations defined with the density $rho$, the dynamic viscosity $mu$ and the velocity field $u(x,t)$ #math.equation( block: true, $ ρ((∂)/(∂t)u + (u · ∇)u) = −∇p + μ∇²u + f,\ ∇ · u = 0 $ ) While we are often interested in Navier-Stokes flows, a generalized analytical solution does not exist, most analytical approaches rely on a set of restrictions or assumptions. With the Reynolds number defined by $ "Re" = (rho U L ) / mu $ Luckily we decided to work on a fluid which tends $"Re" arrow 0$ or at least $"Re" << 1$ where due to the viscous forces the inertial term is negligable and is assumed to be zero. Which is why we arrive at this term // Stokes #math.equation( block: true, $ μ∇²u + f = ∇p,\ ∇ · u = 0 $ ) An additional restriction by the creeping flow equations is the selection of boundary criteria where it depends on an infinite space with a set solid boundary interface. For simplicity a no-slip boundary condition is selected for the solid boundary. #math.equation( block: true, $ v = U "at particles boundary",\ v arrow 0 "as" |x| arrow infinity $ ) == Solid-Fluid single sphere interaction with Stokes flow With the previous assumptions a solid sphere of radius $r$ moving with a relative velocity $v$ in an unbounded creeping flow, we receive the drag force provided by Stokes #math.equation( block: true, $ F_S = 6 pi mu r v $ ) with our boundary conditions specified as #math.equation( block: true, $ u = v "at" a = r,\ u arrow 0 "as" a arrow infinity $ ) where according to Proudman and Pearson@proudman_pearson_1957 at a Reynolds number of 0.05 the predicted drag is two percent lower than the possibly more correct value by Proudman and Pearson@proudman_pearson_1957. //#math.equation( //block: true, //$ F = F_S ( 1 + (3/8)"Re" + (9/40)("Re")^2 * (log "Re" + gamma + (5/3) log 2 - (323/360)) + (27/80)*"Re"^3 log "Re" ) $ //) //Using spherical coordinates $(r,theta,phi.alt)$ and no external force we receive the velocity components //#math.equation( //block: true, //$ v_r = U cos theta (1- (3r)/(2a) + r^3 / (2a^3)) $ //$ v_theta = - U cos theta (1- (3r)/(4a) + r^3 / (4a^3)) $ //) == Lubrication Forces for Near Contact When spheres or a sphere near a straight wall approach each other with a small separation $h<