Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media

This is the definitive work on the subject by one of the world's foremost hydrologists, designed primarily for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of ground water hydrology, soil mechanics, soil physics, drainage and irrigation engineering, and sanitary, petroleum, and chemical engineering. The book contains 335 black-and-white illustrations and exercises, with answers. Content: Front Matter • Preface • Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Fluid and Porous Matrix Properties 3. Pressure and Piezometric Head 4. The Fundamental Fluid Transport Equations in Porous Media 5. The Equation of Motion of a Homogeneous Fluid 6. Continuity and Conservation Equations for a Homogeneous Fluid 7. Solving Boundary and Initial Value Problems 8. Unconfined Flow and the Dupuit Approximation 9. Flow of Immiscible Fluids 10. Hydrodynamic Dispersion 11. Models and Analogs • Answers to Exercises • Bibliography Index