Three-dimensional local porosity analysis of porous media

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 221-241

  Biswal, B ^a,b   Manwart, C ^a   Hilfer, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flows through porous media; Granular materials; Porous materials; Structure

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY; SANDSTONE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

LOCAL PERCOLATION PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS; LOCAL POROSITY THEORY;

POROSITY;

EID: 0032114885     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00111-3     Document Type: Article

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