Wetting dynamics in multiscale porous media. Porous pore-doublet model, experiment and theory

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 372-380

  Lundström, T Staffan ^a   Gustavsson, L Håkan ^a   Jekabsons, Normunds ^b   Jakovics, Andris ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Capillary; Multiscale; Pore doublet; Void formation; Wetting; Wicking

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FILTRATION; FLOW OF WATER; PORE SIZE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WETTING;

MULTISCALE; PORE-DOUBLET; VOID FORMATION; WICKING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FILTRATION; FLOW OF WATER; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WETTING;

EID: 38849188525     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11387     Document Type: Article

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