Porous medium

Jennifer M. McKinley

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_253-1

Porous medium

Jennifer M. McKinley

School of Natural and Built Environment

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Abstract

A porous medium can be defined as a material which contains spaces which, when continuous in some way, enable the movement of fluids, air and materials of different chemical and physical properties. The ability of a porous medium to permit the movement of fluids, air or a mixture of different fluids is related to porosity and the variability of pore characteristics in that the presence of interconnected pore spaces, and thus permeability properties of the material, enables the movement of fluids and accompanying materials.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of mathematical geosciences
Editors	B. S. Daya Sagar, Q. Cheng, J. McKinley, F. Agterberg
Publisher	Springer
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030260507
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26050-7_253-1
Publication status	Published - 01 Apr 2022

Publication series

Name	Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

Keywords

Porosity
permeability
tortuosity
Darcy’s law
total porosity
effective porosity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Environmental Science(all)

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Porous medium
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1 Membership of external research organisation

International Association of Mathematical Geosciences (External organisation)
Jennifer McKinley (Advisor)
01 Sep 2016 → 01 Sep 2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation

President of the International Association of Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) 2016-2020
McKinley, Jennifer (Recipient), 28 Aug 2016
Prize: National/international honour

1 Book

Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences
Daya Sagar, B. S. (ed.), Cheng, Q. (ed.), McKinley, J. (ed.) & Agterberg, F. (ed.), 21 Jun 2023, Springer. 1904 p. (Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series)
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Porous medium

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

UN SDGs

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Embargoed Document

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Activities

International Association of Mathematical Geosciences (External organisation)

Prizes

President of the International Association of Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) 2016-2020

Research output

Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences

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