Analysis of seepage characters in fractal porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 3272-3278

  Yun, Meijuan ^a,b   Yu, Boming ^b   Cai, Jianchao ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal; Permeability; Porous media; Pressure distribution equations

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; FRACTAL POROUS MEDIAS; IN PLANES; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PARALLEL FLOWS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PLANE-PARALLEL FLOWS; PORE DIAMETERS; PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUMS; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION EQUATIONS;

CAPILLARITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 64749109633     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.024     Document Type: Article

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