This book provides a user-friendly introduction to convection in porous
media, such as fibrous insulation, geological strata, and catalytic
reactors. The presentation is self-contained, requiring only routine
classical mathematics and the basic elements of fluid mechanics and heat
transfer. It will thus be of use not only to researchers and practicing
engineers as a review and reference, but also to graduate students and
others just entering the field.
The Third Edition includes nearly 1000 new references and covers:
convection in deforming porous media, "designed" porous media, the
theory of deformable media, modeling viscous dissipation in hyperporous
media, and more.