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
Effect of Pore-Wall Roughness and Péclet Number on Conservative Solute Transport in Saturated Porous Media
Ghanbarian, B., Mehmani, Y. & Berkowitz, B., Feb 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 2, e2022WR033119.Research output: Contribution to journal ⺠Article ⺠peer-review
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 ⺠Article ⺠peer-review
A pore-level multiscale method for the elastic deformation of fractured porous media
Li, K. & Mehmani, Y., Jun 15 2023, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 483, 112074.Research output: Contribution to journal ⺠Article ⺠peer-review
A multiscale preconditioner for microscale deformation of fractured porous media
Mehmani, Y. & Li, K., Jun 1 2023, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 482, 112061.Research output: Contribution to journal ⺠Article ⺠peer-review
Bubble Coarsening Kinetics in Porous Media
Yu, Y., Wang, C., Liu, J., Mao, S., Mehmani, Y. & Xu, K., Jan 16 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 1, e2022GL100757.Research output: Contribution to journal ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Editorial ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Review article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠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 ⺠Article ⺠peer-review