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Transport Processes in Porous Media pp 5–21Cite as

Fundamentals of Porous Structures

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Macroscopic properties, such as capillary pressure and permeability, are important variables for mathematical modeling of transport processes in porous media. However, most transport properties exhibit great variability which cannot be modeled using deterministic approaches. This chapter presents a brief description of some fundaments of porous structures, namely, cell models, digital reconstruction of porous structures (using Lattice Boltzmann Method), porous media generation, and the stochastic modeling of pore space and transport properties.

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Coutelieris, F.A., Delgado, J.M.P.Q. (2012). Fundamentals of Porous Structures. In: Transport Processes in Porous Media. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27910-2_2

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