Fractal characteristics and scaling of the drying front in porous media: A pore network study

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 981-990

  Yiotis, A G ^a   Tsimpanogiannis, I N ^a   Stubos, A K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drying; Fractal; Invasion percolation; Pore network; Porous medium; Scaling

Indexed keywords

BOND NUMBERS; CAPILLARY FORCE; DRYING PATTERN; DRYING RATES; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; GASEOUS PHASE; GRAVITY FORCES; GRAVITY GRADIENTS; INVASION PERCOLATION; ISOTHERMAL DRYING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PORE NETWORKS; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; THEORETICAL VALUES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GRAVITATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PIPE; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS;

DRYING;

EID: 77955322373     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.497087     Document Type: Article

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