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Towards a Physically Based Theory of High-Concentration-Gradient Dispersion in Porous Media

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Emerging Technologies and Techniques in Porous Media

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Since the late fifties of the last century a vast amount of research effort has been put into modelling and understanding hydrodynamic dispersion in porous media. Hydrodynamic dispersion is the (macroscopic) result of additional spreading of dissolved matter due to local velocity variations that are caused by local permeability variations of the heterogeneous porous medium.

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  1. Section for Hydrology and Ecology Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5048, 2600, GA Delft, The Netherlands

    R. Schotting & A. J. Landman

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Derek B. Ingham

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, USA

    Adrian Bejan

  3. Center for Advanced Engineering Sciences, Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania

    Eden Mamut

  4. Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cluj, Cluj, Romania

    Ioan Pop

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Schotting, R., Landman, A.J. (2004). Towards a Physically Based Theory of High-Concentration-Gradient Dispersion in Porous Media. In: Ingham, D.B., Bejan, A., Mamut, E., Pop, I. (eds) Emerging Technologies and Techniques in Porous Media. NATO Science Series, vol 134. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0971-3_21

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