Darcy's law for two-dimensional flows: Singularities at corners and a new class of models
Darcy's law for two-dimensional flows: Singularities at corners and a new class of models
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二维流动的达西定律:拐角处的奇点和一类新模型
DOI:
10.1002/aic.15840
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发表时间:
2017
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Shikhmurzaev Y
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Shikhmurzaev Y
As is known, Darcy's model for fluid flows in isotropic homogeneous porous media gives rise to singularities in the velocity field for essentially two‐dimensional flow configuration, like flows over corners. Considering this problem from the modeling viewpoint, this study aims at removing this singularity, which cannot be regularized via conventional generalizations of the Darcy model, like Brinkman's equation, without sacrificing Darcy's law itself for unidirectional flows where its validity is well established experimentally. The key idea is that as confirmed by a simple analogy, the permeability of a porous matrix with respect to flow is not a constant independent of the flow but a function of the flow field (its scalar invariants), decreasing as the curvature of the streamlines increases. This introduces a completely new class of models where the flow field and the permeability field are linked and, in particular problems, have to be found simultaneously. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical EngineersAIChE J, 2017