On the applicability of the Leverett function to capillary pressure (a lattice Boltzmann study)

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 75, Issue 756, 2009, Pages 1568-1575

  Munekata, Toshihisa ^a   Inamuro, Takaji ^b   Hyodo, Shi Aki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Gas diffusion layer; Lattice Boltzmann method; Leverett function

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; KINETIC THEORY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LEVERETT FUNCTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SATURATION CURVE; SOIL SCIENCE;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

EID: 73349093397     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.75.756_1568     Document Type: Article

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