Buoyancy-Driven Flow in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media Near a Bounding Surface

by Francis A. Kulacki and Hitoshi Sakamoto

This Brief reports on heat transfer from a solid boundary in a saturated porous medium. Experiments reveal overall heat transfer laws when the flow along the wall is driven by buoyancy produced by large temperature differences, and mathematical analysis using advanced volume-averaging techniques produce estimates of how heat is dispersed in the porous zone. Engineers, hydrologists and geophysicists will find the results valuable for validation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319898868
• ISBN13: 9783319898865
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"