Pressure drop during air flow in aluminum foams

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 3121-3130

  Mancin, Simone ^a   Zilio, Claudio ^a   Cavallini, Alberto ^a   Rossetto, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air flow; Foam; Pressure drop

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR MASS FLOW RATE; ALUMINUM FOAM; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; PORES PER INCHES; PRESSURE DROP MODEL;

AIR; ALUMINUM;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 77953291639     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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