Editing Porous medium (section)

==Fluid flow==
{{main|Fluid flow through porous media}}
[[File:Aquifère Darcy perméabilité.jpg|thumb|Fluid flow through porous media]]
Fluid flow through porous media is a subject of common interest and has emerged a separate field of study. The study of more general behaviour of porous media involving deformation of the solid frame is called [[poromechanics]].

The theory of porous flows has applications in inkjet printing<ref>Stephen D. Hoath, "Fundamentals of Inkjet Printing - The Science of Inkjet and Droplets", Wiley VCH 2016</ref> and nuclear waste disposal<ref>Martinez M.J., McTigue D.F. (1996) Modeling in Nuclear Waste Isolation: Approximate Solutions for Flow in Unsaturated Porous Media. In: Wheeler M.F. (eds) Environmental Studies. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 79. Springer, New York, NY</ref> technologies, among others.

Numerous factors influence fluid flow in porous media, and its fundamental function is to expend energy and create fluid via the wellbore. In flow mechanics via porous medium, the connection between energy and flow rate becomes the most significant issue. The most fundamental law that characterizes this connection is [[Darcy's law]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Basic theory |journal=Fluid Flow in Porous Media |date=November 2020 |pages=47–67 |doi=10.1142/9789811219535_0002|isbn=978-981-12-1952-8 }}</ref> particularly applicable to fine-porous media. In contrast, Forchheimer's law finds utility in the context of coarse-porous media.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mohammadizadeh |first1=SeyedMehdi |last2= Moghaddam |first2= Mehdi Azhdary |last3=Talebbeydokhti |first3=Naser |title=Analysis of Flow in Porous Media using Combined Pressurized-Free surface Network |journal=Journal of Porous Media |date=2021 |volume=24 |issue=10 |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1615/JPorMedia.2021025407 |publisher=Begel House Inc. |language=en}}</ref>