A two-scale modeling of motion-induced fluid release from thin fibrous porous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2067-2075

  Ashari, A ^a   Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective transport; Fibrous media; Fluid mechanics; Microstructure; Multiphase flow; Porous media; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

3-D MODELS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FIBROUS MEDIA; FIBROUS POROUS MEDIAS; FLUID TRANSPORTS; INTERNAL STRUCTURES; MACRO-SCALE MODELS; MASS CONVECTIONS; MICRO-SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS; POROUS MEDIA; RELATIVE MOTIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; RELEASE RATES; RICHARDS' EQUATIONS; SCALE MODELING; SOLID SURFACES; SOLID-VOLUME FRACTIONS; TARGET SURFACES; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; TWO-PHASE FLUIDS; TWO-PHASE MODELING;

CAPILLARITY; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 63249099606     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.01.048     Document Type: Article

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