Calculating tortuosity in quasi-random anisotropic packings

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 670-675

  Alam, Parvez ^a   Byholm, Thomas ^a   Toivakka, Martti ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coatings; Packings; Particles; Permeability; Porous; Random; Simulation; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; POROSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

ROTATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; TORTUOSITY; TRACER VELOCITIES;

PAPER COATING;

ANISOTROPY; AVERAGES; FLOW; INCREMENTS; PACKINGS; PARTICLES; PLATES; POROSITY;

EID: 33846271847     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2006-21-05-p670-675     Document Type: Article

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