Analytical solutions for partitioned diffusion in laminates: I. Initial value problem with steady cauchy conditions

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-128

  Trefry, Michael G ^a   Whyte, David S ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alg ebraic; Analytical; Composite; Diffusion; Eigenfunction; Homogeneous; Laminate; Nonhomogeneous; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IMPURITIES; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MASS TRANSFER;

STEADY CAUCHY CONDITIONS;

LAMINATES;

DIFFUSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0032741758     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006566125433     Document Type: Article

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