(Ebook) Flow and Transport in Porous Media and Fractured Rock: From Classical Methods to Modern Approaches, Second Edition by Prof. Muhammad Sahimi(auth.) ISBN 9783527404858, 9783527636693, 3527404856, 3527636692

(Ebook) Flow and Transport in Porous Media and Fractured Rock: From Classical Methods to Modern Approaches, Second Edition by Prof. Muhammad Sahimi(auth.) ISBN 9783527404858, 9783527636693, 3527404856, 3527636692

In this standard reference of the field, theoretical and experimental approaches to flow, hydrodynamic dispersion, and miscible displacements in porous media and fractured rock are considered. Two different approaches are discussed and contrasted with each other. The first approach is based on the classical equations of flow and transport, called 'continuum models'. The second approach is based on modern methods of statistical physics of disordered media; that is, on 'discrete models', which have become increasingly popular over the past 15 years. The book is unique in its scope, since (1) there is currently no book that compares the two approaches, and covers all important aspects of porous media problems; and (2) includes discussion of fractured rocks, which so far has been treated as a separate subject.Portions of the book would be suitable for an advanced undergraduate course. The book will be ideal for graduate courses on the subject, and can be used by chemical, petroleum, civil, environmental engineers, and geologists, as well as physicists, applied physicist and allied scientists that deal with various porous media problems.Content: Chapter 1 Continuum versus Discrete Models (pages 1–7): Chapter 2 The Equations of Change (pages 9–13): Chapter 3 Characterization of Pore Space Connectivity: Percolation Theory (pages 15–37): Chapter 4 Characterization of the Morphology of Porous Media (pages 39–108): Chapter 5 Characterization of Field?Scale Porous Media: Geostatistical Concepts and Self?Affine Distributions (pages 109–141): Chapter 6 Characterization of Fractures, Fracture Networks, and Fractured Porous Media (pages 143–177): Chapter 7 Models of Porous Media (pages 179–211): Chapter 8 Models of Fractures and Fractured Porous Media (pages 213–251): Chapter 9 Single?Phase Flow and Transport in Porous Media: The Continuum Approach (pages 253–298): Chapter 10 Single?Phase Flow and Transport in Porous Media: The Pore Network Approach (pages 299–339): Chapter 11 Dispersion in Flow through Porous Media (pages 341–413): Chapter 12 Single?Phase Flow and Transport in Fractures and Fractured Porous Media (pages 415–465): Chapter 13 Miscible Displacements (pages 467–518): Chapter 14 Immiscible Displacements and Multiphase Flows: Experimental Aspects and Continuum Modeling (pages 519–573): Chapter 15 Immiscible Displacements and Multiphase Flows: Network Models (pages 575–632):