Zusammenfassung; Preface; Contents; List of Symbols; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 State of the art; Chapter 3 Transport equations of wicking processes; Chapter 4 Experimental investigation and comparison with theory; Chapter 5 Acquisition of surface geometry; Chapter 6 Microscopic simulations on pore level for the determination of structural parameters; Chapter 7 Simulations of wicking processes on macroscopic level; Chapter 8 Summary; Appendix A Non-isothermal wicking: Gaseous environment has no temperature gradient
Appendix B Transport equations for wicking in samples of circular cross sectionAppendix C Dimensionless formulations of the obtained wicking transport equations; Appendix D Calculation of structural parameters based on data sheets from supplier(Robu); Appendix E Summary of dimensionless numbers for performed vertical wicking experiments; Appendix F Flow 3D settings; Bibliography