Diffusion in disordered systems with multiple families of transport paths
- 26 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 70 (17) , 2581-2584
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.70.2581
Abstract
We propose a new model for transport in disordered solids and rocks which contain N distinct families of transport paths (N≥2), and study the behavior of its effective transport properties. The model is relevant to transport in metals, polycrystals, porous catalysts, coalbed methane reservoirs, and geological systems with fractures and pores.Keywords
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