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Determination of permeability using a classic Darcy water column

Wadsworth, Fabian B.; Vossen, Caron E.J.; Schmid, Diana; Colombier, Mathieu; Heap, Michael J.; Scheu, Bettina; Dingwell, Donald B.

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Authors

Caron E.J. Vossen

Diana Schmid

Mathieu Colombier

Michael J. Heap

Bettina Scheu

Donald B. Dingwell



Abstract

Permeability is a macroscopic property of materials with a percolating pore phase, such as many rocks and filters. We describe a simple experiment for the empirical determination of permeability using a low-cost method similar to that used by Darcy. We advocate the use of controlled cylindrical sintered filters, for which there is theoretical constraint of the permeability as a function of porosity, against which empirical results can be compared. The methodology presented here provides a step-by-step approach to laboratory experiments and numerical techniques for fitting a linear equation to data and is appropriate for undergraduate Physics, Earth Science, or Engineering courses. I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Citation

Wadsworth, F. B., Vossen, C. E., Schmid, D., Colombier, M., Heap, M. J., Scheu, B., & Dingwell, D. B. (2020). Determination of permeability using a classic Darcy water column. American Journal of Physics, 88(1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000296

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 12, 2019
Online Publication Date Dec 23, 2019
Publication Date Jan 31, 2020
Deposit Date Jan 2, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal American Journal of Physics
Print ISSN 0002-9505
Electronic ISSN 1943-2909
Publisher American Association of Physics Teachers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 88
Issue 1
Pages 20-24
DOI https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000296

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© 2019 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Wadsworth, Fabian B., Vossen, Caron E. J., Schmid, Diana, Colombier, Mathieu, Heap, Michael J., Scheu, Bettina & Dingwell, Donald B. (2020). Determination of permeability using a classic Darcy water column. American Journal of Physics 88(1): 20-24 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0000296






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