Experimental and numerical analysis of the drainage of aluminium foams

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 17, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 6353-6362

  Brunke, O ^a   Hamann, A ^a   Cox, S J ^b,c   Odenbach, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPACITY; POWDER METALLURGY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; X RAYS;

ALUMINUM FOAMS; DENSITY REDISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL INSTABILITY; THERMAL TRANSPORT;

FOAMS;

EID: 26244449643     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/41/006     Document Type: Article

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