Non-Newtonian purely viscous flow through isotropic granular porous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4299-4308

  Woudberg, S ^a   Du Plessis, J P ^a   Smit, G J F ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Granular porous media; Isotropic; Non Newtonian; Power law; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

GEOMETRICAL ISOTROPY; GRANULAR POROUS MEDIA; ISOTROPIC; POWER LAW;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

GRANULAR MATERIALS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33646760646     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.01.054     Document Type: Article

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