Characterization of porous materials is an attractive topic in the applied research studies. Efficient techniques are required to predict proper values of characterization parameters for the porous material. A novel method is introduced...

Optimization and characterization of porous materials have been extensively studied by various surface phenomena researchers. Efficient

methods are required to predict the optimum values of operating parameters in different stages of material...

. Porous materials have been introduced as one of the most efficient and affordable techniques to improve the heat transfer and energy efficiency in solar energy systems. In this review, the applications of porous materials and their advantages...

The stochastic meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method is employed for dynamic analysis of cylinders

made of fully saturated porous materials with considering uncertainties in the constitutive mechanical

properties. The porous cylinder...

includes a large number of articles on energy performance of the residential and commercial buildings. Many researchers have examined porous materials as affordable and promising means of improving the energy efficiency of buildings. Further, some...

Entropy generation through a porous triangle duct is investigated numerically in the present work. Developing, laminar, incompressible, and steady flow is assumed to simulate this problem. Total, friction and thermal entropy ...

In this paper, a volume of fluid model is developed to simulate the vapor-liquid phase change in a modified solar still enhanced by a porous layer. The numerical results are compared with the experimental data to benchmark ...

The meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is employed for dynamic analysis

of fully saturated porous materials under shock loading considering two directional functionally grading

patterns in constitutive mechanical properties...