Vascularized smart materials: Designed porous media for self-healing and self-cooling

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Lorente, Sylvie ^a   Bejan, Adrian ^b  

^a INSA   (France)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRACKS; DENDRIMERS; FUEL CELLS; LAND FILL; MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; STREAM FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHANNEL DIAMETERS; CONSTRUCTAL; CONSTRUCTAL THEORIES; ELECTRONICS COOLING; FLOW ARCHITECTURES; FLOW CONFIGURATIONS; FLOW SYSTEMS; FLOW-THROUGH; FLUID DELIVERIES; FLUID FLOWS; GLOBAL PERFORMANCE; POROUS MEDIAS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DELTAS; SELF-COOLING; SELF-HEALING; SMART MATERIALS; SOLID BODIES;

REPAIR;

EID: 59849092044     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v12.i1.10     Document Type: Article

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