Homogenization and Porous Media [Paperback]

This book offers a systematic, rigorous treatment of upscaling procedures related to physical modeling for porous media on micro-, meso- and macro-scales, including detailed studies of micro-structure systems and computational results for dual-porosity models.1 Introduction.- 1.1 Basic Idea.- 1.2 First Examples.- 1.2.1 One-Dimensional Diffusion.- 1.2.2 Resistor Networks.- 1.2.3 Layered Media.- 1.3 Diffusion in Periodic Media.- 1.3.1 Formal Asymptotic Expansion.- 1.3.2 Application to Layered Media.- 1.3.3 Estimates of the Effective Conductivity Tensor.- 1.3.4 Media with Obstacles and Diffusion in Perforated Domains.- 1.4 Formal Derivation of Darcys Law.- 1.5 Formal Derivation of a Distributed Microstructure Model.- 1.6 Remarks on Networks of Resistors, Capillary Tubes, and Cracks.- 1.6.1 Monte-Carlo Simulations.- 2 Percolation Models for Porous Media.- 2.1 Fundamentals of Percolation Theory.- 2.2 Exponent Inequalities for Random Flow and Resistor Networks.- 2.3 Critical Path Analysis in Highly Disordered Porous and Conducting Media.- 3 One-Phase Newtonian Flow.- 3.1 Derivation of Darcys Law.- 3.1.1 Presentation of the Results.- 3.1.2 Proof of the Homogenization Theorem.- 3.1.3 A Priori Estimate of the Pressure in a Porous Medium.- 3.2 Inertia Effects.- 3.2.1 Darcys Law with Memory.- 3.2.2 Nonlinear Darcys Law.- 3.3 Derivation of Brinkmans Law.- 3.3.1 Setting of the Problem.- 3.3.2 Principal Results.- 3.4 Double Permeability.- 3.5 On the Transmission Conditions at the Contact Interface between a Porous Medium and a Free Fluid.- 3.5.1 Statement of the Problem and Existing Results from Physics.- 3.5.2 Statement of the Mathematical Results and Comparison with the Literature.- 4 Non-Newtonian Flow.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Equations Governing Creeping Flow of a Quasi-Newtonian Fluid.- 4.3 Description of a Periodic s-Geometry, Construction of the Restriction Operator, and Review of the Results of Two-Scale Convergence in Lq-Spaces.- 4.4 Statement of the Principal Resull³‹