Modeling fluid spread in thin fibrous sheets: Effects of fiber orientation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1750-1758

  Ashari, A ^a   Bucher, T M ^a   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a   Tahir, M A ^a   Rahman, M S A ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbency; Anisotropic permeability; CFD simulation; Fiber orientation; Fibrous porous media; Two phase flows

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CFD SIMULATIONS; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FIBROUS POROUS MEDIA; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE ALIGNMENT; MACROSCALE MODELS; MICROSCALE SIMULATION; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIAL SPREADING; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RICHARDS' EQUATION; SATURATION LEVELS; SCALE MODELS;

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FIBERS; LAMINATES; PAPER SHEETING; POROUS MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA;

ABSORPTIVITY; ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARITY; EQUATIONS; FIBERS; LAMINATES; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS; SHEETING; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 76749112930     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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