Modeling air-water interface in disordered fibrous media with heterogeneous wettabilities

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 461, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 323-335

  Bucher, T M ^a   Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Contact angles; Dissimilar fibers; Fibrous media; Wettability

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; WETTING;

AIR WATER INTERFACES; CAPILLARY PRESSURE-SATURATION RELATIONSHIP; FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FIBROUS MEDIA; FLUID SATURATIONS; MECHANICAL FORCE; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; SEMI-ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; CAPILLARITY;

WATER;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CONTACT ANGLE; FIBER; FLUID TRANSPORT; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS; WATER SUPPLY; WETTABILITY; AIR WATER INTERFACE; INTERFACE PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84906769865     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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