Modelling of effective thermal conductivity for a nonhomogeneous anisotropic porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 931-937

  Lee, S L ^a   Yang, J H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; HEAT CONDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

VOLUME-AVERAGED TEMPERATURE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MIXING; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031087138     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00170-1     Document Type: Article

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