Wicking of Liquids in Porous Media: Advances and Applications
暫譯: 多孔介質中的液體毛細滲透：進展與應用

多孔介質中的液體吸液現象：進展與應用

《多孔介質中的液體吸液現象：進展與應用》探討液體在毛細壓力驅動下穿過多孔介質的複雜物理機制與創新建模技術；這種現象稱為吸液（wicking）。

本書全面介紹吸液現象在理論模型、數值模擬、實驗方法與實務應用方面的最新進展，涵蓋多個不同領域。透過整合當代研究成果與基礎理論，本書為讀者深入理解多孔結構中由毛細吸力驅動的流體流動與傳輸複雜性，提供完整的參考資源。

本書的核心內容是深入探討多孔介質情境下的潤濕物理學，以及毛細作用的動力學。理論篇章說明毛細壓力、潤濕前緣動力學，以及多孔介質特性對吸液行為的影響等關鍵概念。此外，書中也詳盡探討多種先進建模方法，包括 Lucas-Washburn 方程式、銳利前緣模型與擴散前緣模型，以及孔隙網路模型。

本書適合廣泛的讀者，包括仰賴多孔材料的產業專業人士，例如紡織、紙張加工、複合材料製造、水資源管理、儲能與生醫裝置等領域的從業者；同時也適合材料科學、化學工程、機械工程、環境工程與生醫工程領域的學術研究人員及研究生。

Krishna M. Pillai, PhD, is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the director of the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media, USA. One of Dr. Pillai's primary research interests lies in wicking and evaporation. He is a co-editor of Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches (CRC Press, 2013), and the present volume is his second book on this topic. He has published extensively in reputed technical journals and presented his work at numerous international conferences. Dr. Pillai has collaborated with several companies, including SC Johnson, Procter & Gamble, and Kimberly-Clark, improving product design through funded research, training, and consultancies. He was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER grant in 2004. Dr. Pillai earned his doctorate at the University of Delaware and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He earned BTech and MTech degrees in mechanical engineering at IIT Kanpur, India.

Ryan (Reza) Masoodi, PhD, is a professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Architecture, Design, and Engineering at Thomas Jefferson University, USA. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media. Dr. Masoodi's research focuses on transport phenomena in porous materials, with particular emphasis on capillarity-driven wicking and flow in swelling porous media, integrating theoretical modeling, laboratory experimentation, and high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics. He has published extensively on wicking, permeability evolution, and mold filling in natural fiber composites, authoring more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. Dr. Masoodi is a co-editor of Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches (CRC Press, 2013). His research has been supported by multiple federal and state grants as well as industry-sponsored projects.

Abul Borkot Md Rafiqul Hasan, PhD, is a mechanical engineer specializing in thermal-fluid sciences and transport phenomena. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, where he conducted research in the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media. His research focuses on fluid and thermal transport in porous media, including capillary-driven wicking, evaporation, non-isothermal transport, and contaminant migration in unsaturated soils. His work integrates experimental investigation with analytical, numerical, and data-driven modeling approaches. Dr. Hasan has authored and co-authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in heat and mass transfer, porous media, and thermal-fluid sciences. His broader research interests include advanced thermal management systems, energy systems, and complex transport phenomena.

Krishna M. Pillai 博士是美國 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 的教授，也是多孔介質流動與傳輸研究實驗室（Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media）的主任。Pillai 博士的主要研究興趣之一是毛細滲吸（wicking）與蒸發。他是《Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches》（CRC Press，2013）的共同編輯，本書是他在此主題上的第二本著作。他已在知名技術期刊發表大量研究成果，並於多場國際會議中發表研究。Pillai 博士曾與 SC Johnson、Procter & Gamble 及 Kimberly-Clark 等多家公司合作，透過資助研究、培訓與顧問服務改善產品設計。他於 2004 年獲得 National Science Foundation CAREER grant。Pillai 博士在 University of Delaware 取得博士學位，並於 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 完成博士後研究。他於印度 IIT Kanpur 取得機械工程 BTech 與 MTech 學位。

Ryan（Reza）Masoodi 博士是美國 Thomas Jefferson University 建築、設計與工程學院的機械工程教授。他在 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 取得機械工程博士學位，並於多孔介質流動與傳輸研究實驗室完成博士後研究。他的研究聚焦於多孔材料中的傳輸現象，特別著重於毛細作用驅動的毛細滲吸，以及膨潤多孔介質中的流動；研究方法整合理論建模、實驗室實驗與高保真度計算流體力學。他在天然纖維複合材料的毛細滲吸、滲透率演化與模具充填等主題上發表了大量研究成果，出版超過 60 篇同儕審查期刊論文、書籍章節與會議論文。Masoodi 博士是《Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches》（CRC Press，2013）的共同編輯。他的研究曾獲多項聯邦與州政府研究計畫，以及產業贊助專案支持。

Abul Borkot Md Rafiqul Hasan 博士是一名專長於熱流體科學與傳輸現象的機械工程師。他在美國 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 取得機械工程博士學位，並於該校多孔介質流動與傳輸研究實驗室進行研究。他的研究聚焦於多孔介質中的流體與熱傳輸，包括毛細作用驅動的毛細滲吸、蒸發、非等溫傳輸，以及非飽和土壤中的污染物遷移。他的研究整合實驗探究，以及解析、數值與資料驅動的建模方法。Hasan 博士已在熱與質量傳遞、多孔介質及熱流體科學等領域發表或共同發表多篇同儕審查期刊論文與書籍章節。他更廣泛的研究興趣包括先進熱管理系統、能源系統與複雜傳輸現象。