Effective conductivity of an isotropic heterogeneous medium of lognormal conductivity distribution

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-56

  Jankovic, Igor ^a   Fiori, Aldo ^b   Dagan, Gedeon ^c  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Effective conductivity; Heterogeneity; Porous media; Self consistent model

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS; SPHERES; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTI INDICATOR STRUCTURE; SELF CONSISTENT MODELING; SPHERICAL INCLUSION;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 0041807899     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1540345902409633     Document Type: Article

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