“…Many recent works can be found that adopt the Brinkman equation in substitution to the traditional Darcy's law for modeling flows through porous media (Auriault, 2009). These works do not only present physical applications of the equation (Pantokratoras, 2014;Rtibi et al, 2014;Bell et al, 2014;Yu and Wang, 2013;Jogie and Bhatt, 2013), but are also dedicated to the mathematical formalism of analytical and numerical solutions (Daozhi and Wang 2014;Evans and Hughes 2013;Cibik and Kaya 2013;Marusic-Paloka, et al, 2012). Nevertheless, it is not common to find in these articles a discussion about the limits of validity of the model.…”