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dc.contributor.authorMorin, George Cardinal Albert,1943-
dc.creatorMorin, George Cardinal Albert,1943-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-28T13:56:42Z
dc.date.available2011-11-28T13:56:42Z
dc.date.issued1968en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/191499
dc.description.abstractA laboratory experiment was devised to measure the effect on transverse dispersion of a permeability interf ace. A layer of coarse sand was interposed within a matrix of fine sand at two different orientations: (1) at right angles, and (2) at an angle of 60 °, to the direction of flow. Dispersion was first measured in fine sand alone in order to obtain a base measurement unaffected by permeability changes. Calculations for the non-uniform cases were made assuming that increased dispersion could be accounted for by changes in medium particle size. Thus in the calculations it is assumed that the permeability interface does not affect transverse dispersion. With the coarse sand layer at right angles to the flow field, the standard deviation of the observed dispersion was about 27% greater than predicted. With the layer at a 60 ° angle to the flow field, the standard deviation of the observed dispersion was 79% greater than predicted. Thus it appears that a permeability interface in a porous medium does have an effect on dispersion and that the magnitude of the effect depends, in part, on the orientation of the interface to the direction of mean flow.
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dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectHydrology.
dc.subjectFluid dynamics.
dc.subjectSoil percolation.
dc.subjectGroundwater.
dc.titleTransverse dispersion through non-uniform porous media.en_US
dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
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dc.contributor.chairSimpson, Eugene S.en_US
dc.identifier.oclc224569839en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHydrology and Water Resourcesen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.description.notehydrology collectionen_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-24T11:07:24Z
html.description.abstractA laboratory experiment was devised to measure the effect on transverse dispersion of a permeability interf ace. A layer of coarse sand was interposed within a matrix of fine sand at two different orientations: (1) at right angles, and (2) at an angle of 60 °, to the direction of flow. Dispersion was first measured in fine sand alone in order to obtain a base measurement unaffected by permeability changes. Calculations for the non-uniform cases were made assuming that increased dispersion could be accounted for by changes in medium particle size. Thus in the calculations it is assumed that the permeability interface does not affect transverse dispersion. With the coarse sand layer at right angles to the flow field, the standard deviation of the observed dispersion was about 27% greater than predicted. With the layer at a 60 ° angle to the flow field, the standard deviation of the observed dispersion was 79% greater than predicted. Thus it appears that a permeability interface in a porous medium does have an effect on dispersion and that the magnitude of the effect depends, in part, on the orientation of the interface to the direction of mean flow.


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