Micromechanics of flow through porous media

The present state of development of the micromechanics of (primarily two-phase) flow through porous media is briefly reviewed: the aims, approaches, results achieved and promising research trends are discussed.Based on a paper presented to the Fluid Mechanics Section of the Seventh Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Moscow, August 1991.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.6, pp. 90–102, November–December, 1992.