Fractal generation of char pores through random walk

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 637-661

  Liang, Zhanggang ^a   He, Rong ^a   Chen, Qun ^a   Xu, Xuchang ^a   Sato, Jun'ichi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IHI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Char; Fractal; Pore

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

ARBITRARY FRACTAL DIMENSION; CHAR PORES; RANDOM WALK; THREE DIMENSIONAL PORE MODELS;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 33845777887     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: 1563521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00102200600984986     Document Type: Article

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