Model for the thermal conductivity of unconsolidated porous media based on capillary pressure-saturation relation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 247-251

  Hu, Xue Jiao ^a   Du, Jian Hua ^a   Lei, Shu Ye ^a   Wang, Bu Xuan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE EFFECTS; LEVERETT-LEWIS EQUATIONS;

HEAT CONDUCTION;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0035217249     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(00)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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