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Porous flow, general

Course subject(s) Porous flow, general

6. Porous flow, general

Porous flow is flow through granular medium like sand, stone or pebbles. This lecture will focus on the relation between porous flow, the loads caused by porous flow and the effect of the flow on (protection) structures. Unstable situations can cause erosions in several ways  which in turn can damage protection structures. Therefore a stable situation is required. The following lecture will discuss the basic equations of porous flow some of their applications.

Porous flow and filters

Lecture Slides & Readings Porous flow general

The lecture slides can be downloaded by clicking on the link above. The readings for this lecture include chapter 5 in which the porous flows are discussed.

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