Flow and Transport in Porous Media and Fractured Rock: From Classical Methods to Modern Approaches

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.

Spis treści:
Problems Involving Porous Media and Fractured Rock
Introduction to Statistical Physics of Disordered Media
Diagenetic Processes
Characterization of Porous Media and Fractured Rock
Models of Porous Media
Models of Fractured Rock
Single–Phase Flow in Porous Media and Fractured Rock
Hydrodynamic Dispersion
Miscible Displacement Processes
Immiscible Displacement and Multiphase Flow
Advances in Computational Methods

Nota biograficzna:
Muhammad Sahimi is with the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He obtained his B.S. from the University of Teheran, Iran, in 1977, and in 1984 his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, both in Chemical Engineering. He has been involved with poro us media problems for 15 years. His main areas of research are flow and transport in porous media and fractured rock, diffusion, reaction and macromolecular transport in porous catalysts and membranes, transport, mechanical and fracture properties of disordered materials and rock, and large–scale scientific computations. He has been a consultant to several industrial organizations and a visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia, at the University of Porto in Portugal, and at the HLRZ–KFA Supercomputer Center at Jülich in Germany.