A self-similarity model for effective thermal conductivity of porous media

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2157-2164

  Ma, Yongting ^a   Yu, Boming ^a   Zhang, Duanming ^a   Zou, Mingqing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RECURSIVE ALGORITHM; THERMAL ELECTRICAL ANALOGY TECHNIQUE; TORTUOSITY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0141607259     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/17/321     Document Type: Article

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