Non-Darcy flow through porous media

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dc.contributor.advisorSharp, John Malcolm, Jr., 1944-
dc.creatorBené, James Edward
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T21:29:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:31:57Z
dc.date.available2017-04-04T21:29:10Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:31:57Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractSince its introduction, Darcy's law has been implemented as a mathematical tool that allows simple calculation and prediction of low velocity subsurface flows. However, turbulence, non-isothermal conditions, as well as other factors can create conditions where Darcy's law does not accurately describe the head and velocity distributions within a given porous matrix. Darcy's law has been widely applied to analytical and numerical modeling of fluid flow through porous matrix, regardless of the hydrogeologic setting. This study attempts to quantify the error incurred by these models through simultaneous numerical modeling of the mass continuity equation using Darcy's law as well as Forchheimer's relation. To this end, results from steady-state and transient Darcy-based and Forchheimer-based numerical models are presented in this study.en_US
dc.description.departmentGeological Sciencesen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2M61BV6B
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/46327
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subject.lcshDarcy's law
dc.subject.lcshHydrogeological modeling
dc.subject.lcshPorous materials--Fluid dynamics
dc.subject.lcshHydrodynamics
dc.titleNon-Darcy flow through porous mediaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US

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