Overview
The present monograph presents, for the first time, a unified and comprehensive introduction to some of the basic transport properties of porous media, such as electrical and hydraulic conductivity, air permeability and diffusion. The treatment is based on critical path analysis and the scaling of transport properties which are individually described as functions of saturation. At the same time, the book supplies a tutorial on percolation theory for hydrologists, providing them with the tools for solving actual problems. In turn, a separate chapter serves to introduces physicists to some of the language and complications of groundwater hydrology necessary for successful modelling.
Full Product Details
Author: Allan Hunt
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume: v.674
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9783540261100
ISBN 10: 3540261109
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 15 September 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
From the reviews: <p> The goal of this book is to use the percolation theory for the study of transport phenomena in porous media. The main tool is the critical path analysis. a ] This book is of large interest for hydrologists and physicists. (Gelu Pasa, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1095 (21), 2006) <p> Allan Hunta (TM)s book Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media provides an overview of how percolation theory a ] can be used to calculate multitransport properties of pore networks. a ] The book is suitable for advanced graduate courses, with selected problems and questions appearing at the end of each chapters a ] . I think the book is an important work that will guide soil scientists, hydrologists, and physicists to gain a better qualitative and quantitative understanding of multitransport properties of soils. (Marcel G. Schaap, Soil Science Society of America Journal, May-June, 2006)
From the reviews: The goal of this book is to use the percolation theory for the study of transport phenomena in porous media. The main tool is the critical path analysis. a ] This book is of large interest for hydrologists and physicists. (Gelu Pasa, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1095 (21), 2006) Allan Hunta (TM)s book Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media provides an overview of how percolation theory a ] can be used to calculate multitransport properties of pore networks. a ] The book is suitable for advanced graduate courses, with selected problems and questions appearing at the end of each chapters a ] . I think the book is an important work that will guide soil scientists, hydrologists, and physicists to gain a better qualitative and quantitative understanding of multitransport properties of soils. (Marcel G. Schaap, Soil Science Society of America Journal, May-June, 2006)
