Particle deposition in random fibrous porous materials: Effect of acoustic fields, fibres distribution and porosity

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1881-1885

  Teixeira, Richardson ^a   Miguel, Antonio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acoustic field; Fibres distribution; Particle deposition; Porosity; Porous filter

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249009973     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03177444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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