Microtomography-based simulation of transport through open-cell metal foams

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 527-544

  Bodla, Karthik K ^a   Murthy, Jayathi Y ^a   Garimella, Suresh V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOAM; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; CT SCANNING; DARCY FLOWS; FINITE-VOLUME; FOAM PERMEABILITY; HIGH QUALITY; MICRO-TOMOGRAPHY; MICRON RESOLUTION; OPEN-CELL METAL FOAMS; SUB-SAMPLES; TRANSFER PARAMETERS; VOLUMETRIC POROSITY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FOAMS; METALS; POROSITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 77957921627     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2010.511987     Document Type: Article

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