This study explored the effect of porosity and installation angle, thickness (dimension) and second layer of permeable obstacles on density current control and trapping in the laboratory. For this purpose, an insoluble suspended polymer and two types of groove and cavity obstacles made from plexiglass sheets were selected. The experiments were conducted with two different concentrations, five d...

Towards a method for obstacle porosity classification", Technical Report (ESE). January 2014.

the permeability and tortuosity of pore-scale two and three-dimensional random porous media were calculated using the lattice boltzmann method (lbm). effects of geometrical parameters of medium on permeability and tortuosity were investigated as well. two major models of random porous media were reconstructed by computerized tomography method: randomly distributed rectangular obstacles in a uni...

The permeability and tortuosity of pore-scale two and three-dimensional random porous media were calculated using the Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Effects of geometrical parameters of medium on permeability and tortuosity were investigated as well. Two major models of random porous media were reconstructed by computerized tomography method: Randomly distributed rectangular obstacles in a uni...

Typical cathode materials of Li-ion battery suffer from a severe loss in specific capacity, and this problem is regarded as a major obstacle in the expansion of newer applications. To overcome this, porous cathodes are being extensively utilized. However, although it seems that the porosity in the cathode would be a panacea for high performance of LIBs, there is a blind point in the cathode con...

In this paper the influence of non-acoustic properties on the sound absorption coefficient of polyurethane foams as a porous medium is investigated. Biot’s equations with transfer matrix method, as the solution approach are employed to evaluate the sound absorption coefficient of selected polyurethane foams. The major issue is the dependency of non-acoustic properties on each other which makes ...

In this paper, numerical study of forced convection heat transfer in a square cavity with inlet and outlet slots and hot obstacle with and without porous medium was investigated. The walls of cavity in addition of inlet and outlet ports are thermally insulated and the obstacle is maintained at constant temperature. A lattice Boltzmann model for incompressible flow in porous media and Brinkman F...

Blast–obstacle interaction is a complex, multi-faceted problem. Whilst engineering-level tools exist for predicting blast parameters (e.g. peak pressure, impulse and loading duration) in geometrically simple settings, wave fundamentally altered upon with an object its path, hence, the are themselves affected. This article presents comprehensive review of key research this area. The formed five ...

The focus of this paper is a numerical simulation study the flow dynamics in periodic porous medium to analyse physics symmetry-breaking phenomenon, which causes deviation direction macroscale from that applied pressure gradient. phenomenon prominent range porosity 0.43 0.72 for circular solid obstacles. It result instabilities formed when surface forces on obstacles compete with inertial force...