porepy.params.fluid module
Hard coded typical parameters that may be of use in simulations.
Contains standard values (e.g. found in Wikipedia) for density, thermal properties etc.
Note that thermal expansion coefficients are linear (m/mK) for rocks, but volumetric (m^3/m^3K) for fluids.
- class UnitFluid(theta_ref=None)[source]
Bases:
object
Mother of all fluids, with properties equal 1.
- Parameters
theta_ref (Optional[float]) –
- COMPRESSIBILITY
fluid compressibility
- BULK
bulk modulus
- dynamic_viscosity(theta=None)[source]
Returns dynamic viscosity with unit: Pa s.
- Parameters
theta (
float, optional
) – temperature in Celsius- Returns
dynamic viscosity
- Return type
- specific_heat_capacity(theta=None)[source]
Returns specific heat capacity with units: J / kg K.
- Parameters
theta (
float, optional
) – temperature in Celsius- Returns
specific heat capacity
- Return type
- class Water(theta_ref=None)[source]
Bases:
UnitFluid
- dynamic_viscosity(theta=None)[source]
Returns dynamic viscosity with unit: Pa s.
- Parameters
theta (
float, optional
) – temperature in Celsius- Returns
dynamic viscosity
- Return type
- specific_heat_capacity(theta=None)[source]
Returns specific heat capacity with units: J / kg K.
- Parameters
theta (
float, optional
) – temperature in Celsius- Returns
specific heat capacity
- Return type