Theoretical derivation of Darcy's law for fluid flow in thin porous media
Francisco J. Suárez‐Grau · Deposito de Investigacion Universidad de Sevilla (University of Seville) · 2022
In this paper we study stationary incompressible Newtonian fluid flow in a thin porous media. The media under consideration is a bounded perforated $3D$ domain confined between two parallel plates. The description of the domain includes two small parameters: $\varepsilon$ representing the distance between pates and $a_\ep$ connected to the microstructure of the domain such that $a_\ep\ll \ep$. We consider the classical setting of perforated media, i.e. $a_\ep$-periodically distributed solid (not connected) obstacles of size $a_\varepsilon$. The goal of this paper is to introduce a version of the unfolding method, depending on both parameters $\varepsilon$ and $a_\varepsilon$, and then to derive the corresponding 2D Darcy's law.