Fluid Flow in a Porous Tree-Shaped Network

• Author(s): Miguel, A. F.
• Date: 2014
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/11581
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): Tree-shaped networks; Fluid flow
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English
• Editor(s): Öchsner, Andreas

Description

Tree-shaped flow networks connect one point to an infinity of points and are everywhere in Nature. These networks often own minimal flow resistance and vessel sizes obey to scaling power-laws. In this paper presents a model for fluid flow through a tree-shaped network with porous tubes. Hagen–Poiseuille flow is assumed for tubes and Darcy flow for the porous wall.