Exact solution of linear transport equations in fractal media - I. Renormalization analysis and general theory

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 4717-4729

  Giona, Massimiliano ^a,c   Schwalm, William A ^b   Schwalm, Mizuho K ^b   Adrover, Alessandra ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

fractal models; graph theory; Renormalization; transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; FRACTALS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POROUS MATERIALS;

ADJACENCY MATRIX; EXTENSION THEORY; FRACTALS MODELS; RENORMALIZATION;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030267265     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(96)00307-7     Document Type: Article

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