Unravelling pore-scale processes in geomaterials

Description

To fully understand the macroscopical behavior of geomaterials, their pore scale properties and processes have to be understood. The stone’s mineralogy and pore structure strongly affect key internal pore scale processes. To explore these dynamic pore-scale processes, several non-destructive 3D and 4D methods are currently available. Unravelling pore-scale processes in combination with pore scale modelling is an essential step towards understanding and predicting a geomaterial’s macroscopic behavior correctly.

The presentation discusses the current possibilities and challenges in non-destructive pore-scale imaging of geomaterials and how this data can be used as input for fluid flow models and their validation. Additional new developments at the synchrotron and on lab-based X-ray systems related to material characterization as well as to the understanding of pore-scale processes are discussed. Examples will be given of different experiments related to the characterization and the imaging of dynamic pore scale processes in geomaterials.

Period	23 Jan 2020
Held at	Hasselt University, Belgium
Degree of Recognition	National