A numerical investigation of the void structure of fibrous materials

Powder Technology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-79

  Donohue, T J ^a   Wensrich, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fibrous particles; Numerical simulation; Permeability; Tortuosity; Void size

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FIBROUS PARTICLES; TORTUOSITY; VOID SIZE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALGORITHMS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENERGY; FIBER; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 44649145825     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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