Flow laws in metallic foams: Experimental determination of inertial and viscous contributions

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-70

  Madani, Brahim ^a   Topin, Frédéric ^b   Rigollet, Fabrice ^b   Tadrist, Lounès ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FOAMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE DROP;

CHANNEL WALL; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; INERTIAL FACTOR; METALLIC FOAM;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 34047112977     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v10.i1.40     Document Type: Article

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