Numerical algorithm for problems involving boiling and natural convection in porous materials

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 1-24

  Ramesh, P S ^a   Torrance, K E ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS--TWO PHASE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING--ALGORITHMS; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS--CORE MELTDOWN;

MOVING BOUNDARY APPROACH; NATURAL CONVECTION; TWO-PHASE REGIONS; BOILING; FINITE DIFFERENCE CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; FLUID SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; HEAT PIPES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0025254759     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407799008961730     Document Type: Article

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