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Tensile water transport in a porous gel
P Loureiro de Sousa1, M Engelsberg, F G Brady Moreira
1Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife-Pernambuco, Brazil.
Abstract:
A Monte Carlo simulation model, which incorporates the effect of tensile forces as well as diffusion, is proposed to explain the behavior of water transport in a saturated porous gel. The algorithm is able to account for the puzzling moisture profiles, which were first observed by conventional magnetic resonance imaging and, more recently, by Overhauser imaging.