Local and global fluctuations in a porous medium.

• Other Authors: Mak, Chung Ming.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Porous materials > Fluid dynamics; Heat > Convection
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896431; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-325388

Mak Chung Ming = 多孔介質中的局部性與整體性漲落 / 麥仲明. === Thesis submitted in: July 2004. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 116-123). === Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. === Mak Chung Ming = Duo kong jie zhi zhong de ju bu xing yu zheng ti xing zhang luo / Mai Zhongming. === Abstract (in English) --- p.i === Abstract (in Chinese) --- p.ii === Acknowledgements --- p.iii === Table of Contents --- p.iv === List of Figures --- p.vi === List of Tables --- p.ix === Chapters === Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation of research on porous medium --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- Description of porous medium --- p.2 === Chapter 1.3 --- Brief history of research of thermal convection in porous medium --- p.5 === Chapter 2. --- Background --- p.7 === Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 === Chapter 2.2 --- Governing equations and parameters --- p.8 === Chapter 2.3 --- Review of literature --- p.15 === Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.20 === Chapter 3. --- Instrumentation --- p.21 === Chapter 3.1 --- Experimental setup --- p.21 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Porous medium --- p.21 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Working fluid --- p.24 === Chapter 3.1.3 --- Container cell --- p.25 === Chapter 3.1.4 --- Top plate --- p.26 === Chapter 3.1.5 --- Bottom plate --- p.28 === Chapter 3.2 --- Thermistors and its calibration --- p.28 === Chapter 3.3 --- Other apparatuses --- p.31 === Chapter 4. --- Data analysis and results --- p.33 === Chapter 4.1 --- Measurement of global heat flux --- p.33 === Chapter 4.1.1 --- Heat transfer characteristic --- p.34 === Chapter 4.2 --- Local temperature measurements --- p.37 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- 3mm bead´ؤwater system (small cell) --- p.38 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- 6mm bead´ؤwater system (small cell) --- p.44 === Chapter 4.2.3 --- 6mm bead´ؤwater system (large cell) --- p.64 === Chapter 4.2.4 --- 10mm bead´ؤwater system (large cell) --- p.76 === Chapter 4.3 --- Correlation of the time series --- p.96 === Chapter 4.4 --- Thermal pulse experiment --- p.101 === Chapter 5. --- Conclusions --- p.111 === Appendix --- p.114 === Bibliography --- p.116