Simulation of gaseous diffusion in partially saturated porous media under variable gravity with lattice Boltzmann methods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Chau, Jessica Furrer ^a   Or, Dani ^a   Sukop, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; POROUS MATERIALS;

BOLTZMANN CODE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; GASEOUS DIFFUSION; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATIONS;

DIFFUSION;

POROUS MEDIUM;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; GAS; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPONICS; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PLANT ROOT; POROSITY; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DIFFUSION; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; GASES; GRAVITATION; HYDROPONICS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT ROOTS; POROSITY; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; WATER; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 25844437434     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003821     Document Type: Article

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