The referential grain size and effective porosity in the Kozeny&ndash;Carman model

Urumović, Kosta; Urumović Sr., Kosta

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1669-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1669-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1669-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 5

Research article

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03 May 2016

Research article |

| 03 May 2016

The referential grain size and effective porosity in the Kozeny–Carman model

Kosta Urumović and Kosta Urumović Sr.

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RC1: 'The referential grain size and effective porosity in the Kozeny-Carman model-K. Urumović and K. Urumović Sr.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jan 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Anonimous referee 1', Kosta Urumovic, 04 Feb 2016
RC2: 'The referential grain size and effective porosity in the Kozeny-Carman model', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Answer to Anonymous Reviewer #2', Kosta Urumovic, 07 Mar 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (19 Mar 2016) by Alberto Guadagnini

AR by Kosta Urumovic on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (01 Apr 2016) by Alberto Guadagnini

AR by Kosta Urumovic on behalf of the Authors (05 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Apr 2016) by Alberto Guadagnini

Short summary

Calculation of hydraulic conductivity of porous materials is crucial for further use in hydrogeological modeling. The Kozeny–Carman model is theoretically impeccable but has not been properly used in recent scientific and expert literature. In this paper, proper use of the Kozeny-Carman formula is given through presentation of geometric mean grain size in the drilled-core sample as the referential mean grain size. Also, procedures for identification of real effective porosity of porous media are presented.