longitudinal dispersion in nonuniform isotropic porous media

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Phenomenological Description of Flow Through Porous
Media
1.2 Phenomenological Description of Dispersion in Porous
Media
1.3 Mechanisms of Dispersion
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
Molecular Diffusion
Tortuosity
Differential Advection
1.4 Porous Medium Classification and Dispersion
1.5 Scope of This Study
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Permeability Models
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.2 Dispersion Models
Bundle of Capillary Tubes
Hydraulic Radius Model
Random Capillary Tube Network
Volume-Averaging Model
Deterministic Network Model
2.2.1 Cell Models
2.2.2 Statistical Models
Page
1.1.
1.V
1.X
X1.1.
1
2
5
13
14
14
15
16
19
20
21
21
22
23
24
25
26
26
31