A general formula for capillary suction-pressure in porous media

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 775-783

  Masoodi, Reza ^a   Pillai, Krishna M ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Capillary radius; Imbibition; Porous media; Wicking

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY RADIUS; IMBIBITION; MOVING-BOUNDARY PROBLEM; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; QUASI-STEADY; SATURATED FLOW; WICKING;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; LIQUIDS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84864740189     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v15.i8.60     Document Type: Article

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