Permeability measurement methods in porous media of fiber reinforced composites

Applied Mechanics Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Siginer, Dennis A ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Darcy's law; LCM; Liquid flow and gas flow methods; Permeability measurement; RTM; VARTM

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ALTERNATIVE METHODS; DARCY'S LAW; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FLUID FLOW; GAS FLOWS; IN-PLANE; LIQUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS; PERMEABILITY MODEL; POROUS MEDIA; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FLOW OF GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 77955252792     PISSN: 00036900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001047     Document Type: Review

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