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In the historical part (Chapter 2 through 4) some highlights of the development of porous media theory have been traced from infancy to their current state. Among the highlights, the bitter dispute between the professors Fillunger and von Terzaghi at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna in the 1930s, with its tragic results, has a particular place. The affair is representative of the unrest and upheaval in middle Europe during this period. For porous media theory, the year 1936 is a landmark, because it is in this year that the precise and general formulation of the one-dimensional mechanical porous media theory by Fillunger came to light. It is clear with hindsight that Fillunger’s approach was about 35 years ahead of its time.
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de Boer, R. (2000). Conclusions and Outlook. In: Theory of Porous Media. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59637-7_6
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