Towards a more realistic modeling of solid foam: Use of the pentagonal dodecahedron geometry

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5131-5142

  Huu, Tri Truong ^a   Lacroix, Maxime ^b   Pham Huu, Cuong ^a   Schweich, Daniel ^c   Edouard, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c CPE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cellular materials; Heat and mass transfer; Pentagonal dodecahedron; Pressure drop; Solid foam

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MATERIAL; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; PORE DIAMETERS; REALISTIC MODELING; SOLID FOAM; SOLID MASS; UNIT CELLS;

HEAT TRANSFER; PRESSURE DROP; STRUTS; VOID FRACTION;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 71349085868     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.08.028     Document Type: Article

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