Nathan Di Vaira

Employment

• The University of Queensland Research Officer
  2022 - Present
• The University of Queensland Coursework Tutor
  2019 - 2022
• The University of Queensland PhD Candidate
  2018 - Present

Education

• University of Queensland Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
  2013 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Proppant transport at the intersection of coal cleats and hydraulic fractures
  Powder Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2025.121790
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• Numerical investigation of the filtration performance of a clean fibre-segment using a coupled LBM-DEM approach
  Utsav Bhardwaj, Nathan J. Di Vaira, Bahni Ray +4 more
  Surfaces and Interfaces 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.107838
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• Investigating the transport of proppant and micro-proppant in fracture networks via direct numerical simulation of particle-laden flows
  2023 DOI: 10.14264/28d8848
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• Hydrodynamic clogging of micro-particles in planar channels under electrostatic forces
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2023 DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2023.214
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• Probabilistic Quantification of Size Segregation and Screen-Out of Microparticles Subject to Electrostatic Forces
  Day 1 Tue, January 31, 2023 2023 DOI: 10.2118/212379-ms
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• Implications of Recent Research into the Application of Graded Particles or Micro-Proppants for Coal Seam Gas and Shale Hydraulic Fracturing
  Day 3 Wed, October 19, 2022 2022 DOI: 10.2118/210628-ms
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• Influence of particle polydispersity on bulk migration and size segregation in channel flows
  Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2022 DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2022.166
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• A Novel Methodology for Predicting Micro-Proppant Screenout in Hydraulic Fracturing Treatments
  Proceedings of the 2021 Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2021 DOI: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2021-208342
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• Hydrodynamic and electrostatic jamming of microparticles in narrow channels
  Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC) 2020 DOI: 10.14264/8d34dcf
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• Modelling Micro-Proppant Transport in Stress-Sensitive Naturally-Fractured Reservoirs
  SPE Europec featured at 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2020 DOI: 10.2118/200600-ms
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• Development of Predictive Models in Support of Micro-Particle Injection in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
  Proceedings of the SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 2019 DOI: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198276
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• Performance evaluation of an implicitly-regularised model for viscoplastic particle suspensions
  2016 DOI: 10.14264/uql.2017.185
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