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Micromechanics of flow through porous media

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The present state of development of the micromechanics of (primarily two-phase) flow through porous media is briefly reviewed: the aims, approaches, results achieved and promising research trends are discussed.

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Based on a paper presented to the Fluid Mechanics Section of the Seventh Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Moscow, August 1991.

Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.6, pp. 90–102, November–December, 1992.

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Entov, V.M. Micromechanics of flow through porous media. Fluid Dyn 27, 824–833 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051359

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