A numerical calculation of the hydraulic permeability of three-dimensional disordered fibrous media

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1562-1572

  Clague, David S ^a   Phillips, Ronald J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANES; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0030833425     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869278     Document Type: Article

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