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. 2015 Jun;137(6):0610031–0610039. doi: 10.1115/1.4029920

Table 3.

Predictive models for permeability calculation in 3D fibril networks

Author Correlation Comment
Davies [50] k/rf2=[16(1-φ)1.5(1+56(1-φ)3)]-1 rf: Fibril radius φ: Porosity
Spielman and Goren [51] 1/3+5/6[kK1(rf/k)/rfK0(rf/k)]=1/4(1-φ) rf: Fibril radius φ: Porosity Kp: Modified Bessel function of the second kind with order p
Jackson and James [52] k/rf2=(3/20(1-φ))(-ln(1-φ)-0.931) rf: Fibril radius φ: Porosity
Tomadakis and Robertson [18] k/rf2=(φ/8ln2φ)((φ-φp)α+2/(1-φp)α[(α+1)φ-φp]2) rf: Fibril radius φ: Porosity φp: Percolation threshold (0.037 for 3D) α: Constant (0.661 for 3D)