Buoyancy-induced flow adjacent to a periodically heated and cooled horizontal surface in porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 615-630

  Bradean, R ^a,c   Ingham, D B ^a   Heggs, P J ^b   Pop, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCULATIONS; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

ADIABATIC BOUNDARY CONDITION; ANALYTICAL/NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; BOUNDARY-LAYER SCALINGS; BUOYANCY-INDUCED FLOW; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; HARMONIC TEMPERATURE VARIATION; HEATED/COOLED HORIZONTAL SURFACE; POROUS MEDIA; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ZERO HEAT FLUX;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0029137471     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00155-3     Document Type: Article

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