Fractal analysis of Herschel-Bulkley fluid flow in porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 3570-3574

  Yun, Meijuan ^a,b   Yu, Boming ^c   Lu, Jianduo ^a,b   Zheng, Wei ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Systems Science in Metallurgical Process   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal; Herschel Bulkley fluid; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTALS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY FLUIDS; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; STARTING PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 79960637084     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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