Numerical simulation of fluid flow in microporous media

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1447-1455

  Xu, Rui Na ^a,b   Jiang, Pei Xue ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Microporous media; Numerical simulation; Slip flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW SIMULATION; FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

FLUID FLOW; MICROPOROUS MEDIA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SLIP FLOW;

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EID: 51649112110     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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