My research interests are broadly related to porous media flow and mechanics with a special focus on computing and scale translation. I am interested in how microscale physics affect macroscopic observations and how predictive tools based on such knowledge can be built. Applications that motivate my research are sustainability aspects of subsurface energy production, CO2 storage, groundwater contamination, and renewables.
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Recent Publications
Imaging geomechanical properties of shales with infrared light
Lee, J., Cook, O. J., Argüelles, A. P. & Mehmani, Y., Feb 15 2023, In: Fuel. 334, 126467.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Capillary equilibration of trapped ganglia in porous media: A pore-network modeling approach
Mehmani, Y. & Xu, K., Aug 2022, In: Advances in Water Resources. 166, 104223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pore-network modeling of Ostwald ripening in porous media: How do trapped bubbles equilibrate?
Mehmani, Y. & Xu, K., May 15 2022, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 457, 111041.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preface to the Special Issue: Interfacial Phenomena in Multiphase Systems at Pore Scale
Xu, K., Mehmani, Y. & Zitha, P. L. J., Aug 2022, In: Transport in Porous Media. 144, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Multiscale formulation of frictional contact mechanics at the pore scale
Mehmani, Y., Castelletto, N. & Tchelepi, H. A., Apr 1 2021, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 430, 110092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nonlinear convergence in contact mechanics: Immersed boundary finite volume
Mehmani, Y., Castelletto, N. & Tchelepi, H. A., Sep 1 2021, In: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 383, 113929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Striving to translate shale physics across ten orders of magnitude: What have we learned?
Mehmani, Y., Anderson, T., Wang, Y., Aryana, S. A., Battiato, I., Tchelepi, H. A. & Kovscek, A. R., Dec 2021, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 223, 103848.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Capillary equilibrium of bubbles in porous media
Wang, C., Mehmani, Y. & Xu, K., Apr 27 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 17, e2024069118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Scaling analysis of coupled compaction, kerogen conversion, and petroleum expulsion during geological maturation
Yuan, Q., Mehmani, Y., Burnham, A. K., Lapene, A., Wendebourg, J. & Tchelepi, H. A., Sep 2020, In: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 192, 107285.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multiscale formulation of pore-scale compressible Darcy-Stokes flow
Guo, B., Mehmani, Y. & Tchelepi, H. A., Nov 15 2019, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 397, 108849.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multiscale formulation of two-phase flow at the pore scale
Mehmani, Y. & Tchelepi, H. A., Jul 15 2019, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 389, p. 164-188 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gravity-Induced Bubble Ripening in Porous Media and Its Impact on Capillary Trapping Stability
Xu, K., Mehmani, Y., Shang, L. & Xiong, Q., Dec 16 2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 23, p. 13804-13813 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multiscale computation of pore-scale fluid dynamics: Single-phase flow
Mehmani, Y. & Tchelepi, H. A., Dec 15 2018, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 375, p. 1469-1487 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Minimum requirements for predictive pore-network modeling of solute transport in micromodels
Mehmani, Y. & Tchelepi, H. A., Oct 2017, In: Advances in Water Resources. 108, p. 83-98 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Quantification of organic content in shales via near-infrared imaging: Green River Formation
Mehmani, Y., Burnham, A. K., Vanden Berg, M. D. & Tchelepi, H. A., 2017, In: Fuel. 208, p. 337-352 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review