简介:Fingeringphenomenaarecommonoccurrenceinthenaturalworld.Itgenerallytakesplacewhenalessviscousfluiddisplacesamoreviscousfluidtypicallyinporousmedia.Nowadays,suchphenomenahaveextensivelybeenstudiedduetoitsimportanceinmanyindustrialfields.Inthispaper,theeffectsofsurfacewettabilityonfingerpatternarestudiedandsimulatednumericallybytheLatticeBoltzmannmethod(LBM).Thedisplacementefficiencyisinvestigatedbyusingtwoparameters,namely,thebreakthroughtimeandthearealsweepefficiency.Thesimulationhasdemonstratedthatsurfacewettabilitywillinfluencethefingerpatternnomatterthegravityisconsideredornot,butinthepresenceofgravity,thefingerpatternismuchmorecomplicatedandirregularduetothecoexistenceandcompetitionofcapillaryforce,viscousforceandgravity.