Application of the Sharp Front Model to capillary absorption in a vuggy limestone

Engineering Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 20-23

  Ioannou, Ioannis ^a   Andreou, Andronikoulla ^a,b   Tsikouras, Basilios ^b   Hatzipanagiotou, Konstantin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capillary absorption; Microstructure; Pore size distribution; Transport properties; Vuggy limestone

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; ETHANOL; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SIZE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WETTING;

BIMODAL PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BUILDING STONES; CAPILLARY ABSORPTION; CAPILLARY SUCTIONS; COARSE PORES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; LARGE PORES; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; LIQUID TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATRIX PORES; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SORPTIVITY; VUGGY LIMESTONE; WATER MATRIXES;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

ABSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; POROSITY;

EID: 63149178463     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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