Capillary and priming pressures control the penetration of yield-stress fluids through non-wetting 2D meshes.

Forcing hydrophilic fluids through hydrophobic porous solids is a recurrent industrial challenge. If the penetrating fluid is Newtonian, the imposed pressure has to overcome the capillary pressure at the fluid-air interface in a pore. The presence of…

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