A numerical method for the evaluation of non-linear transient moisture flow in cellulosic materials

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1859-1883

  Nyman, Ulf ^a   Gustafsson, P J ^a   Johannesson, B ^a   Hagglund R ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCA Research AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mixture model; Moisture transport; Multiphase model; Paper material; Sorption hysteresis; Virtual moisture concentration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CELLULOSIC MATERIALS; MIXTURE MODEL; MOISTURE FLOW; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MULTIPHASE MODEL; SORPTION HYSTERESIS; VIRTUAL MOISTURE CONCENTRATION;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CELLULOSE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS; PYROMETRY; SIMULATION; VAPOR PHASES;

EID: 33745455370     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1597     Document Type: Article

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