Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Cellular Solids (Schriftenreihe des Instituts fuer Angewandte Materialien, Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie) (Volume 39)

To determine the characteristics and properties of cellular solids for an application, and to allow a systematic practical use by means of correlations and modelling approaches, we perform experimental investigations and develop numerical methods. In view of coupled multi-physics simulations, we employ the phase-field method. Finally, the applicability is demonstrated exemplarily for open-cell metal foams, providing qualitative and quantitative comparison with experimental data.