Optimum porosity of fibrous porous materials for thermal insulation

Fibers and Polymers

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Du, Ning ^b   Fan, Jintu ^a   Wu, Huijun ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fibrous porous material; Finite volume; Optimum porosity; Simulated annealing; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149130314     PISSN: 12299197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12221-008-0005-5     Document Type: Article

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