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Invasion percolation: a new form of percolation theory

D Wilkinson and J F Willemsen

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A new kind of percolation problem is described which differs from ordinary percolation theory in that it automatically finds the critical points of the system. The model is motivated by the problem of one fluid displacing another from a porous medium under the action of capillary forces, but in principle it may be applied to any kind of invasion process which proceeds along a path at least resistance. The name invasion percolation is proposed for this new process. Similarities to, and differences from, ordinary percolation theory are discussed.


PACS

47.56.+r Flows through porous media

47.10.-g General theory in fluid dynamics

MSC

82C20 Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs

82C70 Transport processes

82C43 Time-dependent percolation (See also 60K35)

76S05 Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage

Subjects

Fluid dynamics

Mathematical physics

Dates

Issue 14 (1 October 1983)



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