Porous GaAs was prepared using electrochemical anodization technique of a cristalline GaAs wafer in hydrofluoridric (HF) acid based-solution at different manufacturing conditions. The physical properties of porous GaAs are mainly determined by the shape, diameter of pores, porosity, and the thickness of deposited porous layers. Depending on the etching parameters such as current density, HF con...

Deeply buried groundwater, such as brine, is an important industrial raw material with high economic value. Because brine frequently exists under higher temperature and pressure, the quantitative prediction of its seepage field is very difficult. Here we study the migration of deeply buried groundwater by using a numerical simulation based on laboratory test results. In particular, we express t...

[1] We investigate the effects of the porosity (and thus permeability) of porous matrix and the fracture aperture on transport in fractured porous media. We do so with detailed lattice Boltzmann simulations on constructed porous media with a single fracture. Both plume spatial moments (the average plume velocity and the dispersion coefficients) and mass transfer coefficients between the facture...

Recycled aggregate (RA) has been used in various construction applications around the world mainly as sub-grade, roadwork and unbound materials, but not in higher-grade applications. The major barrier encountered is the variation of quality within RA, which causes lower strength, and poorer quality. This work studies the relationships among six parameters describing the characteristics of RA: (...

Compaction bands are narrow, roughly planar zones of localized deformation, in which the shear is less than or comparable to compaction. Although there are differences in their appearance in the field and in laboratory specimens, they have been observed in both for high-porosity (greater than about 15%) sandstones. Because the porosity in them is reduced and the tortuosity increased, they inhib...

We introduce a new method for mesoscopic modeling of protein diffusion in an entire cell. This method is based on the construction of a three-dimensional digital model cell from confocal microscopy data. The model cell is segmented into the cytoplasm, nucleus, plasma membrane, and nuclear envelope, in which environment protein motion is modeled by fully numerical mesoscopic methods. Finer cellu...

Characteristic electrochemical transport parameters for an experimental poly(ethylene)terephtalate (PET) tracketched membrane with well-defined structure and low porosity (U=0.13%) were determined with the membrane in contact with KCl solutions at different concentrations. Membrane potential, Df m , measurements were performed to investigate the effective fixed charge concentration, Xf, and tra...

Carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced high-temperature thermoplastics such as poly(phenylene sulphide) (PPS) are widely used in structural composites for aerospace and automotive applications. The porosity of CF-reinforced polymers is a very important topic for practical applications since there is a direct correlation between void content and mechanical properties. In this study, inorganic fullerene-li...

To unravel how the microstructure affects the fracture surface roughness in heterogeneous brittle solids like rocks or ceramics, we characterized the roughness statistics of postmortem fracture surfaces in homemade materials of adjustable microstructure length scale and porosity, obtained by sintering monodisperse polystyrene beads. Beyond the characteristic size of disorder, the roughness prof...

A simple technique is proposed in this paper for estimating the coefficient of permeability an unsaturated soil based on physical properties soils that include grain size analysis, degree saturation or water content, and porosity soil. The method requires soil-water characteristic curve prediction as most conventional methods. procedure to define hydraulic conductivity function from which measu...