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A two-dimensional sink in a density-stratified porous medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

E. J. List
E. J. List
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Abstract

A solution is offered for the flow induced by a two-dimensional line sink in a saturated, density-stratified porous medium. It is found that fluid is selectively withdrawn from a thin layer at the elevation of the line sink and not from the entire medium. The velocity distributions predicted by the theory are checked by experiments in a Hele–Shaw cell and good agreement found.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , 2 September 1968 , pp. 529 - 543
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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