Linear and nonlinear, scalar and vector transport processes in heterogeneous media: Fractals, percolation, and scaling laws

Chemical Engineering Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-44

  Sahimi, Muhammad ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disordered systems; Fractal concepts; Nonlinear transport processes; Percolation theory; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FRACTALS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; VECTORS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DISORDERED SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR TRANSPORT PROCESS; SCALING LAWS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0030252552     PISSN: 09230467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-0467(96)03103-X     Document Type: Article

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