Spanos T.J.T. The thermophysics of porous media

Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall. - 2002. - 220 p.
Following studies on black hole dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics I began a postdoctoral fellowship in the Theoretical Physics Institute at the University of Alberta. Almost a year into that postdoctoral fellowship was my first encounter with porous media. In attempting to study multiphase flow in porous media I noticed that the equations being used were not self consistent. I had no idea of the journey that lay ahead and how many other theoretical physicists would be drawn in to the completion of this journey. This work led to an AOSTRA chair in geophysics at the University of Alberta and about 24 years of research in this field. I suppose the most intriguing part of the story is how engineers and technologists have been able to use the results of what was pursued as academic research to construct new technologies, patents and companies.
The starting point of this work is the premise that a physical theory should be complete and self consistent. Furthermore, the laws of physics as stated in terms of fundamental physical quantities (e.g., Stress, momentum, energy etc.) should be universal. In order to adhere to this premise it is convenient to start with the simplest systems possible. The toughest part of this journey has been to remain an impartial observer and not to form a prejudice ahead of time. Every prejudice I have attempted to impose on the theory or guess that I have made ahead of time has turned out to be wrong.Thermomechanics and Poromechanics
Thermodynamics - Porodynamics of Deformation
Thermodynamic Automata
Seismic Wave Propagation
Immiscible Flow
Miscible Displacement in Porous Media
Porosity-Pressure Propagation
Granular Flow