# On the self-averaging of dispersion for transport in quasi-periodic random media

## Abstract

In this study we present a numerical analysis for the self-averaging of the longitudinal dispersion coefficient for transport in heterogeneous media. This is done by investigating the mean-square sample-to-sample fluctuations of the dispersion for finite times and finite numbers of modes for a random field using analytical arguments as well as numerical simulations. We consider transport of point-like injections in a quasi-periodic random field with a Gaussian correlation function. In particular, we focus on the asymptotic and pre-asymptotic behaviour of the fluctuations with the aid of a probability density function for the dispersion, and we verify the logarithmic growth of the sample-to-sample fluctuations as earlier reported in Eberhard (2004 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 2549–71). We also comment on the choice of the relevant parameters to generate quasi-periodic realizations with respect to the self-averaging of transport in statistically homogeneous Gaussian velocity fields.

## Authors

J.P. Eberhard
Simulation in Technology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

N. Suciu
Institute of Applied Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

C. Vamoş
Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis, Romanian Academy

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J. Eberhard, N. Suciu, C. Vamoş (2007), On the self-averaging of dispersion for transport in quasi-periodic random media, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., 40, 597-610, doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/4/002

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Eberhard, J., N. Suciu, and, C. Vamoş (2007), On the self-averaging of dispersion for transport in quasi-periodic random media, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., 40, 597-610, doi:10.1088/1751-8113/40/4/002
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J. Phys. A: Math. Theor.

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