A permeability measurement system for tissue engineering scaffolds

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 208-216

  Chor, Maxwell V ^a   Li, Wei ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; Effective porosity; Ergun equation; Forchheimer equation; Permeability; Porous media; Tissue engineering scaffold

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

DARCY'S LAW; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; ERGUN EQUATION; FORCHHEIMER EQUATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33947684913     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/1/026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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