Effective thermal conductivity for anisotropic, granular porous media using fractal concepts

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 349, Issue , 1997, Pages 121-128

  Sabau, Adrian S ^a,b   Tao, Y X ^a   Liu, G ^a   Vidhuvalavan, G ^a  

^a Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 5544246177     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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