On the physical properties of apparent two-phase fractal porous media

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-186

  Yu, Boming ^a   Cai, Jianchao ^a   Zou, Mingqing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 62149085202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0015     Document Type: Article

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