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A new model for fluid flow in diatomites [3] motivates the study of a new degenerate parabolic system. We provide numerical as well as analytical evidence that there exists a free boundary, which represents the interface between the pristine rock and the damaged one.
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Nitsch, C. (2006). A Free Boundary Problem for Nonlocal Damage Propagation in Diatomites. In: Figueiredo, I.N., Rodrigues, J.F., Santos, L. (eds) Free Boundary Problems. International Series of Numerical Mathematics, vol 154. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7719-9_33
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