A Network Model for Diffusion in Media with Partially Resolvable Pore Space Characteristics

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-104

  Jivkov, Andrey P ^a   Xiong, Qingrong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clay; Diffusion; Network model; Pore space length; Structure property relations

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CELLS; CLAY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; MAPPING; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS;

DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; DISCRETE EXTERIOR CALCULUS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; NETWORK MODELING; NOVEL INTERPRETATION; PORE SPACE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PROPERTY RELATIONS;

TOPOLOGY;

CLAY; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84911003148     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: 15731634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-014-0360-1     Document Type: Article

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