Date: 
April, 2002
Location: 
APS
Experimenters: 
Wildenschild, Culligan, Christensen
Porous Medium: 
glass bead mix (35% 650 um, 35% 850 um, and 30% 1000-1400 um)
Sample Dimension (mm): 
6
Image Dimension: 
650x650x300
Resolution (um): 
17.1
Experiment: 
interfacial area measurement (drainage/imbibition - air-water system)
Publication: 
Culligan, K.A., D. Wildenschild, B.S.B. Christensen, W.G. Gray, A.F.B. Tompson, 2004. Interfacial Area Measurements for Unsaturated Flow Through a Porous Medium. Water Resources Research. 40(12), Art. No. W12413, Dec 22.  Schaap, M.G., M.L. Porter, B.S.B. Christensen, and D. Wildenschild, 2007. Comparison of pressure-saturation characteristics derived from computed tomography and Lattice Boltzmann simulations. Water Resour. Res.. 43, W12S06, doi:10.1029/2006WR005730.
Porter, M.L., M.G. Schaap, and D. Wildenschild, 2009. Comparison of Interfacial Area Estimates for Multiphase Flow Through Porous Media Using Computed Microtomography and Lattice-Boltzmann Simulations. Advances in Water Resources, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.08.009.
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