Filtration in Porous Media and Industrial Application Lectures given at the 4th Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Cetraro, Italy, August 24-29, 1998 /

• Main Authors: Espedal, M.S (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fasano, A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut, Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mikelic, A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries ; 1734
• Subjects: Condensed matter.; Partial differential equations.; Thermodynamics.; Mechanics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Partial Differential Equations.; Classical Mechanics.; Applications of Mathematics.

This book is devoted to the presentation of some flow problems in porous media having relevant industrial applications. The main topics covered are: the manufacturing of composite materials, the espresso coffee brewing process, the filtration of liquids through diapers, various questions about flow...

Table of Contents:

• Some general facts about filtration through porous media
• Numerical solution of reservoir flow models based on large time step operator splitting algorithms
• Filtration problems in various industrial processes
• Homogenization theory and applications to filtration through porous media.