Alessandro Lenci

Welcome

About Me

My Background

I am Assistant Professor (RTDa) at the Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna. I got a Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics at the University of Bologna, where I investigated the flow of complex fluids (e.g. muds, foams, aqueous suspensions) in a geological fractures. My research is mainly addressed to the study of the compound effect of the shear-thinning fluid rheology and fracture aperture heterogeneity on fluids flow and transport processes in fractured formations via stochastic methods.

Topics of Interest

What I am studying

Flow of Complex Fluids in Geological Fractures

Coupled Effect of Fluid Rheology and Fracture Heterogeneity on Flow

Gravity Currents in Porous Media and Free Surface

Horizontal Flow of Currents Driven by Density Difference

Relaxation Induced Flow in Hydraulic Fracturing

Hydro-Mechanical Coupling Caused by Fracking Processes

Actual Projects

Projects and Keywords

Transport in Rough-walled Fractures

Keywords: CTRW, Breakthrough Curves, Non-Fickian Transport, Rough-walled Fractures

Shear-thinning Flow in Fractures

Keywords: Lubrication Theory, Monte Carlo Method, Shear-thinning Fluids