TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA – A SYNTHESIS OF THE STATE OF THE ART FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES

Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Volumn 14, Issue , 2005, Pages 345-383

  Khanafer, K ^a   Vafai, K ^a  

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Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRONIC COOLING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ENERGY-TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; MODELING TRANSPORT; MOMENTUM TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; NON-DARCY EFFECTS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POROUS MEDIUM; STATE OF THE ART; THERMAL DISPERSION; TRANSPORT PHENOMENON; VARIATION OF POROSITIES;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 53049107293     PISSN: 10490787     EISSN: 23750294     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.v14.210     Document Type: Chapter

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