“…The first motivation stems from the need to provide a formal theoretical formulation to which experimental and numerical data obtained in rectangular chambers can be compared. The reader may consult with the works of Barron et al, 10,11 Brownlee and Marble, 12 Ma et al, [13][14][15][16] Rao et al, 17 Apte and Yang, 18 Traineau et al, 19 Avalon et al, 20 and Casalis et al 21 These studies have utilized rectangular test chambers with transpiring walls.…”