Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1079-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1079-2020
Research article
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25 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 25 Jun 2020

Combined numerical and experimental study of microstructure and permeability in porous granular media

Philipp Eichheimer, Marcel Thielmann, Wakana Fujita, Gregor J. Golabek, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Takayuki Nakatani, and Maximilian O. Kottwitz

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Detailed data tables for each sample and segmented CT images P. Eichheimer, M. Thielmann, W. Fujita, G. J. Golabek, M. Nakamura, S. Okumura, T. Nakatani, and M. O. Kottwitz https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11378517

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To describe permeability, a key parameter controlling fluid flows in the Earth’s subsurface, an accurate determination of permeability on the pore scale is necessary. For this reason, we sinter artificial glass bead samples with various porosities, determining the microstructure and permeability using both experimental and numerical approaches. Based on this we provide parameterizations of permeability, which can be used as input parameters for large-scale numerical models.