Tomographical imaging and mathematical description of porous media used for the prediction of fluid distribution

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-97

  Lehmann, P ^a   Wyss, P ^b   Flisch, A ^b   Lehmann, E ^c   Vontobel, P ^c   Krafczyk, M ^d   Kaestner, A ^a   Beckmann, F ^e   Gygi, A ^a   Fluhler H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; SOIL COLUMN; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

EID: 33751578177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0177     Document Type: Article

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