Nonsimilar solutions for free convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in a porous medium

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 847-859

  Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^a   Kumari, Mahesh ^b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Heat transfer; Porous medium; Vertical plate; Viscosity index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003801456     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539910297923     Document Type: Article

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