Transport phenomena in porus media II /

Transport phenomena in porous media continues to be a field which attracts intensive research activity. This is primarily due to the fact that it plays an important and practical role in a large variety of diverse scientific applications. <IT>Transport Phenomena in Porous Media II</IT> c...

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Other Authors: Ingham, Derek B., 1942-, Pop, Ioan I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 2002.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Modelling fluid flow in saturated porous media and at interfaces. Boundary element method for transport phenomena in porous medium. Recent advances in the instability of free convective boundary layers in porous media. Onset of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in porous bodies. Stability analysis of double-diffusive convection in porous enclosures. Convection in ordered and disordered porous layers. Micromechanics of ordered, unidirectional heterogeneous materials. Modelling turbulence in porous media. Turbulence characteristics in porous media. Heat and mass transfer in porous material. Isothermal nucleation and bubble growth in porous media at low supersaturations. Effects of rotation on convection in a porous layer during alloy solidification. Chemically driven convection in porous media. Methane hydrates in porous layers: gas formation and convection. Gravity driven flows in porous rocks: effects of layering, reaction, boiling and double advection. Porous rivers: a new way of conceptualising and modelling river and floodplain flows.