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Antonio F MiguelORCID

NON-DARCY POROUS MEDIA FLOW IN NO-SLIP AND SLIP REGIMES

ABSTRACT
In this paper Lattice Boltzmann equation method is used to simulate non- Darcy flow in porous media. Two-dimensional in-line and staggered arrangements of uniform cylinders have been considered. The results of a comprehensive computational evaluation are reported: the range of validity of Darcy-Forchheimer equation is investigated and correlations for macroscopic transport properties are presented (i.e., for the permeability and the inertial parameter). Our investigation covers both no-slip and the slip-flow regimes.
KEYWORDS
porous media, non-Darcy flow, no-slip flow regime, slip-flow regime, Knudsen number, permeability, inertial parameter, lattice Boltzmann equation method
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2010-09-29
PAPER REVISED: 2012-01-16
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2012-01-17
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI100929001M
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2012, VOLUME 16, ISSUE No. 1, PAGES [167 - 176]
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Non-Darcy porous media flow in no-slip and slip regimes

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