Dynamics of fluids in porous media /
Bear, Jacob.
Dynamics of fluids in porous media / Jacob Bear. - xvii, 764 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Dover books on physics and chemistry .
"An unabridged, corrected republication of the work first published by the American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1972, in its Environmental Science series"--T.p. verso. Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 733-756).
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aquifers, Ground Water and Oil Reservoirs -- 1.1.1 Definitions -- 1.1.2 The Moisture Distribution in a Vertical Profile -- 1.1.3 Classification of Aquifers -- 1.1.4 Properties of Aquifers -- 1.1.5 The Oil Reservoir -- 1.2 The Porous Medium -- 1.3 The Continuum Approach to Porous Media -- 1.3.1 The Molecular and Microscopic Levels -- 1.3.2 Porosity and Representative Elementary Volume -- 1.3.3 Areal and Linear Porosities -- 1.3.4 Velocity and Specific Discharge -- 1.3.5 Concluding Remarks CHAPTER 2 Fluids and Porous Matrix Properties2.1 Fluid Density -- 2.1.1 Definitions -- 2.1.2 Mixture of Fluids -- 2.1.3 Measurement of Density -- 2.2 Fluid Viscosity -- 2.2.1 Definition -- 2.2.2 Non-Newtonian Fluids -- 2.2.3 Units -- 2.2.4 Effect of Pressure and Temperature -- 2.2.5 Measurement of Viscosity -- 2.3 Fluid Compressibility -- 2.4 Statistical Description of Porous Media -- 2.4.1 Particle-Size Distribution -- 2.4.2 Pore-Size Distribution -- 2.4.3 Other Statistical Descriptions -- 2.5 Porosity -- 2.5.1 Porosity and Effective Porosity -- 2.5.2 Porosity, Structure and Packing -- 2.5.3 Porosity Measurement 2.6 Specific Surface2.6.1 Definitions -- 2.6.2 Measurement of Specific Surface -- 2.7 Matrix and Medium Compressibility -- CHAPTER 3 Pressure and Piezometric Head -- 3.1 Stress at a Point -- 3.2 Hydrostatic Pressure Distribution -- 3.3 Piezometric Head -- CHAPTER 4 The Fundamental Fluid Transport Equations in Porous Media -- 4.1 Particles, Velocities and Fluxes in a Fluid Continuum -- 4.1.1 Definitions of Particles and Velocities -- 4.1.2 Diffusive Velocities and Fluxes -- 4.1.3 The Eulerian and Lagrangian Points of View -- 4.1.4 The Substantial Derivative -- 4.2 The General Conservation Principle 4.5.4 An Averaging Procedure4.6 Equations of Volume and Mass Conservation -- 4.6.1 Equation of Volume Conservation -- 4.6.2 Equation of Mass Conservation of a Species in Solution -- 4.6.3 Equation of Mass Conservation -- 4.7 Equation of Motion -- 4.8 Tortuosity and Permeability -- 4.8.1 Relationship Between Tortuosity and Permeability -- 4.8.2 Tortuosity and Other Transport Coefficients -- 4.8.3 Formation Factor and Resistivity Index (Amyx 1960) in Reservoir Engineering -- CHAPTER 5 The Equation of Motion of a Homogeneous Fluid -- 5.1 The Experimental Law of Darcy -- 5.2 Generalization of Darcy's Law
This is the definitive work on the subject by one of the world's foremost hydrologists, designed primarily for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ground water hydrology, soil mechanics, soil physics, drainage and irrigation engineering, and sanitary, petroleum, and chemical engineering. 335 black-and-white illustrations. Exercises, with answers.
0486656756
87034940
Fluid dynamics.
Groundwater flow.
TA357 / .B38 1988
620.1064 / B.J.D
Dynamics of fluids in porous media / Jacob Bear. - xvii, 764 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Dover books on physics and chemistry .
"An unabridged, corrected republication of the work first published by the American Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1972, in its Environmental Science series"--T.p. verso. Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 733-756).
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aquifers, Ground Water and Oil Reservoirs -- 1.1.1 Definitions -- 1.1.2 The Moisture Distribution in a Vertical Profile -- 1.1.3 Classification of Aquifers -- 1.1.4 Properties of Aquifers -- 1.1.5 The Oil Reservoir -- 1.2 The Porous Medium -- 1.3 The Continuum Approach to Porous Media -- 1.3.1 The Molecular and Microscopic Levels -- 1.3.2 Porosity and Representative Elementary Volume -- 1.3.3 Areal and Linear Porosities -- 1.3.4 Velocity and Specific Discharge -- 1.3.5 Concluding Remarks CHAPTER 2 Fluids and Porous Matrix Properties2.1 Fluid Density -- 2.1.1 Definitions -- 2.1.2 Mixture of Fluids -- 2.1.3 Measurement of Density -- 2.2 Fluid Viscosity -- 2.2.1 Definition -- 2.2.2 Non-Newtonian Fluids -- 2.2.3 Units -- 2.2.4 Effect of Pressure and Temperature -- 2.2.5 Measurement of Viscosity -- 2.3 Fluid Compressibility -- 2.4 Statistical Description of Porous Media -- 2.4.1 Particle-Size Distribution -- 2.4.2 Pore-Size Distribution -- 2.4.3 Other Statistical Descriptions -- 2.5 Porosity -- 2.5.1 Porosity and Effective Porosity -- 2.5.2 Porosity, Structure and Packing -- 2.5.3 Porosity Measurement 2.6 Specific Surface2.6.1 Definitions -- 2.6.2 Measurement of Specific Surface -- 2.7 Matrix and Medium Compressibility -- CHAPTER 3 Pressure and Piezometric Head -- 3.1 Stress at a Point -- 3.2 Hydrostatic Pressure Distribution -- 3.3 Piezometric Head -- CHAPTER 4 The Fundamental Fluid Transport Equations in Porous Media -- 4.1 Particles, Velocities and Fluxes in a Fluid Continuum -- 4.1.1 Definitions of Particles and Velocities -- 4.1.2 Diffusive Velocities and Fluxes -- 4.1.3 The Eulerian and Lagrangian Points of View -- 4.1.4 The Substantial Derivative -- 4.2 The General Conservation Principle 4.5.4 An Averaging Procedure4.6 Equations of Volume and Mass Conservation -- 4.6.1 Equation of Volume Conservation -- 4.6.2 Equation of Mass Conservation of a Species in Solution -- 4.6.3 Equation of Mass Conservation -- 4.7 Equation of Motion -- 4.8 Tortuosity and Permeability -- 4.8.1 Relationship Between Tortuosity and Permeability -- 4.8.2 Tortuosity and Other Transport Coefficients -- 4.8.3 Formation Factor and Resistivity Index (Amyx 1960) in Reservoir Engineering -- CHAPTER 5 The Equation of Motion of a Homogeneous Fluid -- 5.1 The Experimental Law of Darcy -- 5.2 Generalization of Darcy's Law
This is the definitive work on the subject by one of the world's foremost hydrologists, designed primarily for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ground water hydrology, soil mechanics, soil physics, drainage and irrigation engineering, and sanitary, petroleum, and chemical engineering. 335 black-and-white illustrations. Exercises, with answers.
0486656756
87034940
Fluid dynamics.
Groundwater flow.
TA357 / .B38 1988
620.1064 / B.J.D