## Structure and pressure drop of real and virtual metal wire meshes

• An efficient mathematical model to virtually generate woven metal wire meshes is presented. The accuracy of this model is verified by the comparison of virtual structures with three-dimensional images of real meshes, which are produced via computer tomography. Virtual structures are generated for three types of metal wire meshes using only easy to measure parameters. For these geometries the velocity-dependent pressure drop is simulated and compared with measurements performed by the GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG. The simulation results lie within the tolerances of the measurements. The generation of the structures and the numerical simulations were done at GKD using the Fraunhofer GeoDict software.

Author: M. Knefel, E. Wegenke, A. Wiegmann, S. Rief, E. Glatt urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-29788 Berichte des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (ITWM Report) (157) Report English 2012/04/18 2009 Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik 17 Fraunhofer (ITWM) 510 Mathematik 00-XX GENERAL

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