A multiscale study of the retention behavior and hydraulic anisotropy in deformable porous media

The following proceeding presents a multiscale approach to investigate the hydraulic anisotropy and retention behavior in porous materials involving deformation effects. Concerning former, single-phasic fluid flow simulations using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) are initially accomplished at pore-level geometry of Bentheimer sandstones provided by X-ray microscopy several degrees compression compute intrinsic permeability. Due anisotropic nature sandstones, favored pore channels for witnessed within domain. Therefore, it is important understand alteration preferred paths each degree compression. In this regard, we propose new upscaling between LBM macroscopic Theory Porous Media (TPM) accurately structural tensor, which plays crucial role calculation deformation-dependent specific As latter, Shan-Chen (SC) model applied strain level biphasic via unsaturated Herein, curves drainage imbibition processes deformed state computed. turn, comparison among results shows effect variation on behavior.