Modeling of gas flow through isotropic metallic foams

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-54

  Crosnier, Sonia ^a   Du Plessis, Jean Prieur ^b   Riva, Roland ^a   Legrand, Jack ^c  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELLS; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; STAINLESS STEEL;

FLOW RATES; GRANULAR MODEL; METALLIC FOAM STRUCTURES;

FOAMS;

EID: 33745825518     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v9.i1.30     Document Type: Article

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