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A Note on Modeling High Speed Flow in a Bidisperse Porous Medium

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A model of a bidisperse porous medium is extended to the case where quadratic drag is significant. The extension may be significant in some geophysical situations as well as when transition to turbulence in this medium is investigated.

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Nield, D.A., Kuznetsov, A.V. A Note on Modeling High Speed Flow in a Bidisperse Porous Medium. Transp Porous Med 96, 495–499 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-012-0102-1

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