Experimental characterization of flow regimes in various porous media-II: Transition to turbulent regime

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3897-3909

  Seguin, D ^a   Montillet, A ^a   Comiti, J ^a   Huet, F ^b  

^a IUT Saint Nazaire   (France)

^b Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

Author keywords

Capillary representation; Characteristic length scales; Porous media; Spectral analysis; Turbulent regime; Velocity gradient fluctuation

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; MICROELECTRODES; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

VELOCITY GRADIENT FLUCTUATION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROUS MEDIUM; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032216121     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)80003-1     Document Type: Article

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