Models for the mechanical behavior of porous media introduced more than 50 years ago are still relied upon today, but more recent work shows that, in some cases, they may violate the laws of thermodynamics. In The Thermophysics
of Porous Media, the author shows that physical consistency
requires a unique description of dynamic processes that involve porous media, and that new dynamic variables-porosity, saturation, and megascale concentration-naturally enter into
the large-scale description of porous media. The new degrees of freedom revealed in this study predict new dynamic processes that are not associated with compressional motions.
The
book details the construction of a Lorentz invariant thermodynamic lattice gas model and shows how the associated nonrelativistic, Galilean invariant model can be used to describe
flow in porous media. The author develops the equations of seismic wave propagation in porous media, the associated boundary conditions, and surface waves. He also constructs the equations for both immiscible and miscible flows in porous media and their related instability problems.
T he implications of the physical theory presented in this book are significant, particularly in applications
in geophysics and the petroleum industry. The Thermophysics
of Porous Media offers a unique opportunity to examine the dynamic role that porosity plays in porous materials.
By:
T.J.T. Spanos Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC Country of Publication: United States Volume: 126 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 590g ISBN:9781584881070 ISBN 10: 1584881070 Series:Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics Pages: 230 Publication Date:28 November 2001 Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
"""The book will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in physics with strong knowledge in mathematics."" - Zentralblatt MATH, 1043 Promo Copy"