I would like to find a way to build a model of the system I'm starting to research. Or really find any small amount of progress. Here's a snapshot of what's happening: Air is flowing (from atm.) through a porous media in what should be a vacuum chamber. I'm not concerned right now with why or eliminating the flow. I just started this in the last 2 days so I know very little and I'm still waiting to get some info from my peers. Rather sit and wait I want to try and see if I can get a leg up on some basic theory and possibly explore any similar mathematical models. I believe my peers want to characterize the flow so they are able to predict the behavior.
I am an undergraduate student and have taken an intro fluid mechanics class so my background is not in depth. I've been looking at some books and journal articles. They are okay but I'm just kind of aimlessly picking them.