Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1861514 | Physics Letters A | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In this Letter, a difference-fractal model for the permeability of viscous flow through fibrous porous media is proposed. Since fractal objects have well-defined geometric properties, and are discrete and discontinuous, we apply the difference approach to developing the fractal model. The model of non-dimensional permeability is expressed as a function of porosity and fractal dimension. To verify the validity of the proposed model, the predicted permeability values are compared with those of experimental measurements. A good agreement between the prediction of the fractal model and the existing experimental data from the literature is found.
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Authors
Dahua Shou, Jintu Fan, Feng Ding,