Abstract
The concept of tortuosity of fluid flow in porous media is discussed. A lattice-gas cellular automaton method is applied to solve the flow of a Newtonian uncompressible fluid in a two-dimensional porous substance constructed by randomly placed rectangles of equal size and with unrestricted overlap. A clear correlation between the average tortuosity of the flow paths and the porosity of the substance has been found.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 406-410 |
| Journal | Physical review E |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |