Spontaneous radial capillary impregnation across a bank of aligned micro-cylinders - Part I: Theory and model development

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 661-676

  Neacsu, V ^a,b   Abu Obaid, A ^b   Advani, S G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary flows; Flows through porous media; Micro scale phenomena; Multiphase flows

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; IMPREGNATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY INFUSION; FLOWS THROUGH POROUS MEDIA; IMPREGNATION MECHANICS; MICROSCALE PHENOMENA;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; IMPREGNATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 33646866742     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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