DHI-Mike Software is one of best softwares describing water wave diffraction in onshore/offshore concepts. Diffraction happens due to obstacles along wave direction and has an important role in designing structures. The scope of this study is to show the relation between Porosity Coefficient and its effects on Diffraction Coefficient (Cd) by means of a suitable and verified numerical model. Por...

The present work experimentally investigates the correlations between ultrasonic attenuation coefficient and void content with the porosity 0.03%-4.96% of the carbon fiber-reinforced composite (CFRC) samples. The ultrasonic echo immersion bottom reflection technique with 5MHz flat probe is adopted to determine the attenuation coefficient and the metallographic microscope is used to measure the ...

In-plane Seebeck coefficient of porous Si free-standing membranes of different porosities was accurately measured at room temperature. Quasi-steady-state differential Seebeck coefficient method was used for the measurements. A detailed description of our home-built setup is presented. The Seebeck coefficient was proved to increase with increasing porosity up to a maximum of ~1 mV/K for the ~50 ...

In order to achieve a fair description of radon transport through concrete certain information is needed on the concrete structure, porosity and permeability, on processes causing the transport of radon, on radon’s interaction with environment, factors favouring the generation of radon, etc. The concrete characteristics (that depend on its composition and especially on the W/C ratio) which infl...

BACKGROUND The porosity of human cortical bone is one of the major parameters conditioning bone strength. The purpose of this study was to validate the characterization of human cortical bone microarchitecture using microcomputed tomography (microCT). To validate this microCT technique, the structural measurements were compared with other methods such as ultrasonic techniques and scanning elect...

Nutrient concentration profiles are affected by the mass transport outside the biofilm, inside the biofilm, and by the structure of the biofilm. To understand the distribution of biofilm activity, it is necessary to correlate the local nutrient concentration, local mass transport in the biofilm and the biofilm structure. The correlations among surface averaged dissolved oxygen concentration, su...

In this work we present measurements of permeability, effective porosity and tortuosity on a variety of rock samples using NMR/MRI of thermal and laser-polarized gas. Permeability and effective porosity are measured simultaneously using MRI to monitor the inflow of laser-polarized xenon into the rock core. Tortuosity is determined from measurements of the time-dependent diffusion coefficient us...

A water-table dependent reservoir model to investigate the effect of drought and vascular plant invasion on peatland hydrology. Author manuscript, published in "Journal of Hydrology (2013) 32 p." 2 ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the water table dynamics in a peatland showing a wide range of water table fluctuations. A reservoir model of water table fluctuations in a double-porosity peat is p...

Effective mass-transfer kinetics depend on particle-size distribution (PSD) and particle porosity (among other complex phenomena). The porediffusion flux can vary with adsorbate loading – if the amount of adsorbed species is sufficiently large it can lead to hindrance effects that substantially change particle porosity. By use of batch kinetic adsorption experiments the general rate model was u...