Development of a darcy-flow model applied to simulate the drying of shrinking media

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-514

  Chemkhi, S ^a   Zagrouba, F ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF ENERGY   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Darcy flow model; Drying; Effective stresses; Liquid pressure gradient; Saturated media; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

DRYING; MOISTURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHRINKAGE;

CLAY MATERIALS; CONSTANT RATE DRYING; DARCY-FLOW MODEL; EFFECTIVE STRESS; LIQUID PRESSURE GRADIENT; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MOISTURE GRADIENT; SATURATED MEDIA;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 51749086656     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322008000300008     Document Type: Article

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