Scaling properties of porous media with power-law particle size distributions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 223-236

  Ghilardi, Paolo ^a   Menduni, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FRACTALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

POWER LAW PARTICLES SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SCALING PROPERTIES; VOID VOLUME;

HYDROLOGY;

FRACTAL GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; POROUS MEDIUM; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SCALING; VOID VOLUME;

EID: 0030300847     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03098-3     Document Type: Article

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