Publications

Submitted

• Primkulov, B.K., Shamsi, Z., Qiu, Y., Jia, R., and Juanes, R. Post-breakthrough evolution of viscous fingering in micromodel porous media (in review)

• Qiu, Y., Primkulov, B.K., Pahlavan, A.A., and Juanes, R. Strong imbibition in a capillary tube: Meniscus flip, wetting transition, and the role of surface roughness (in review)

• Damiani, T., Durey, M., Primkulov, B.K., and Bush, J.W.M. Energetics of pilot-wave hydrodynamics: nonresonant effects (in review)

2026

• Primkulov, B.K., 2026. Beyond Tate’s law: geometric control of pendant drop detachment. Physical Review Fluids (accepted).

• Evans, D., Primkulov, B.K., and Bush, J.W.M., 2026. Phase control of bouncing droplets and rearrangement of bound states. Physical Review Fluids, 11, 014003 (pdf).

2025

• Qiu, Y., Cueto-Felgueroso, L., Pahlavan, A.A., Primkulov, B.K., and Juanes, R., 2025. Phase-field modeling of two-phase displacement in a capillary tube. Physical Review Fluids, 10, 094004 (pdf).

• Primkulov, B.K., Evans, D.J., Frumkin, V., Sáenz, P.J. and Bush, J.W.M., 2025. Diffraction of walking drops by a standing Faraday wave. Physical Review Research, 7, 013226 (pdf).

• Primkulov, B.K., Evans, D.J., Been, J.B. and Bush, J.W.M., 2025. Non-resonant effects in pilot-wave hydrodynamics. Physical Review Fluids, 10, 013601 (pdf).

2024

• McKee, K.I., Primkulov, B.K., Hashimoto, K., Tagawa, Y. and Bush, J.W., 2024. Waves beneath a drop levitating over a moving wall. Physical Review Fluids, 9, p.093603. Editor’s Suggestion (pdf).

2023

• Primkulov, B.K., Pahlavan, A.A., Cueto-Felgueroso, L. and Juanes, R., 2023. Motion of a viscous slug on heterogeneous surfaces: crossover from stick–slip to steady sliding. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 973, p.A2 (pdf).

• Irannezhad, A., Primkulov, B.K., Juanes, R. and Zhao, B., 2023. Characteristics of fluid-fluid displacement in model mixed-wet porous media: patterns, pressures, and scalings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 967, p.A27 (pdf).

• Irannezhad, A., Primkulov, B.K., Juanes, R. and Zhao, B., 2023. Fluid-fluid displacement in mixed-wet porous media. Physical Review Fluids, 8(1), p.L012301 (pdf).

2022

• Primkulov, B.K., Zhao, B., MacMinn, C.W. and Juanes, R., 2022. Avalanches in strong imbibition. Communications Physics, 5(1), p.52 (pdf). 

2021

• Primkulov, B.K., Pahlavan, A.A., Fu, X., Zhao, B., MacMinn, C.W. and Juanes, R., 2021. Wettability and Lenormand’s diagram. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 923, p.A34 (pdf).

• Li, W., Meng, Y., Primkulov, B.K. and Juanes, R., 2021. Photoporomechanics: An Experimental Method to Visualize the Effective Stress Field in Fluid-Filled Granular Media. Physical Review Applied, 16(2), p.024043 (pdf).

2020

• Juanes, R., Meng, Y. and Primkulov, B.K., 2020. Multiphase flow and granular mechanics. Physical Review Fluids, 5(11), p.110516 (pdf).

• Primkulov, B.K., Chui, J.Y.Y., Pahlavan, A.A., MacMinn, C.W. and Juanes, R., 2020. Characterizing dissipation in fluid-fluid displacement using constant-rate spontaneous imbibition. Physical Review Letters, 125(17), p.174503 (pdf).

• Meng, Y., Primkulov, B.K., Yang, Z., Kwok, C.Y. and Juanes, R., 2020. Jamming transition and emergence of fracturing in wet granular media. Physical Review Research, 2(2), p.022012 (pdf).

• Primkulov, B.K., Pahlavan, A.A., Bourouiba, L., Bush, J.W. and Juanes, R., 2020. Spin coating of capillary tubes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 886, p.A30 (pdf).

2019

• Primkulov, B.K., Pahlavan, A.A., Fu, X., Zhao, B., MacMinn, C.W. and Juanes, R., 2019. Signatures of fluid–fluid displacement in porous media: wettability, patterns and pressures. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 875, p.R4 (pdf).

• Zhao, B., MacMinn, C.W., Primkulov, B.K., Chen, Y., Valocchi, A.J., Zhao, J., Kang, Q., Bruning, K., McClure, J.E., Miller, C.T., Fakhari, A., Bolster, D., Hiller, T., Brinkmann, M., Cueto-Felgueroso, L., Cogswell, D., Verma, R., Prodanović, M., Maes, J., Geiger, S., Vassvik, M., Hansen, A., Segre, E., Holtzman, R., Yang, Z., Yuan, C., Chareyre, B., and Juanes R., 2019. Comprehensive comparison of pore-scale models for multiphase flow in porous media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(28), pp.13799-13806 (pdf).

2018

• Primkulov, B.K., Talman, S., Khaleghi, K., Shokri, A.R., Chalaturnyk, R., Zhao, B., MacMinn, C.W. and Juanes, R., 2018. Quasistatic fluid-fluid displacement in porous media: Invasion-percolation through a wetting transition. Physical Review Fluids, 3(10), p.104001 (pdf).

2017

• Primkulov, B., Chalaturnyk, J., Chalaturnyk, R. and Zambrano Narvaez, G., 2017. 3D printed sandstone strength: curing of furfuryl alcohol resin-based sandstones. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 4(3), pp.149-156 (pdf).

• Chen, T., Lin, F., Primkulov, B., He, L. and Xu, Z., 2017. Impact of salinity on warm water‐based mineable oil sands processing. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 95(2), pp.281-289.

2016

• Primkulov, B.K., Lin, F. and Xu, Z., 2016. Microscale liquid-liquid displacement dynamics: Molecular kinetic or hydrodynamic control. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 497, pp.336-343.

2014

• Lin, F., He, L., Primkulov, B. and Xu, Z., 2014. Dewetting dynamics of a solid microsphere by emulsion drops. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(25), pp.13552-13562.