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Table 3 Relationship between pressure gradient and velocity under different sand concentration

From: Influence of particle size on non-Darcy seepage of water and sediment in fractured rock

Number

Concentration (kg/m3)

Pressure gradient (MPa/m)

Velocity (m/s)

Polynomial function

Power function

1

20

0.38

0.10

\(G_{p} = 155.61V^{2} - \, 41.24V + \, 3.72\)

R2 = 0.9882

\(G_{p} = 0.29e^{9.04V}\)

R2 = 0.9259

  

2.10

0.17

  

5.08

0.27

  

6.98

0.35

  

15.27

0.44

  

24.92

0.52

  

4.54

0.17

2

40

7.62

0.30

\(G_{p} = 118.08V^{2} - \, 36.42V \, + \, 7.43\)

R2 = 0.9970

\(G_{p} = 2.14e^{4.28V}\)

R2 = 0.9954

  

11.11

0.40

  

19.21

0.50

  

27.98

0.60

  

5.71

0.11

3

60

9.30

0.26

\(G_{p} = 108.12V^{2} - \, 7.42V \, + 5.38\)

R2 = 0.9956

\(G_{p} = 3.74e^{4.07V}\)

R2 = 0.9953

  

15.24

0.35

  

24.16

0.40

  

33.81

0.51

  

7.94

0.16

  

12.70

0.27

4

80

22.22

0.35

\(G_{p} = 55.04V^{2} + 119.60V - 11.08\)

R2 = 0.9602

\(G_{p} = 4.50e^{4.35V}\)

R2 = 0.8968

28.57

0.44

35.24

0.51