Transport in Porous Media, Vol.50, No.1-2, 93-109, 2003
Triphasic FE Modeling of the skin water barrier
A skin-air model is developed to model the water barrier function of skin. The skin model is a porous solid saturated with a monovalent salt solution. The air model is a vapor diffusion model in non-moving air. In vivo measurements of water loss from human skin under varying ambient conditions are used to validate the model.