On the evaluation of dispersion coefficients from visualization experiments in artificial porous media

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 307, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 79-91

  Gaganis, P ^a   Skouras, E D ^a   Theodoropoulou, M A ^b   Tsakiroglou, C D ^a   Burganos, V N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial porous media; Dispersion coefficients; Parameter estimation; Solute mixing; Transverse dispersivity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ETCHING; GLASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RELIABILITY; TOPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATIONS; DISPERSION COEFFICIENTS; PECLET NUMBER; PORE GEOMETRY;

DISPERSIONS;

DISPERSION; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 19744364554     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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