Convective heat transfer in axisymmetric porous bodies

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 829-837

  Rajamani, Rajesh ^a   Srinivas, C ^a   Nithiarasu, P ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cylindrical annulus; Heat transfer; Porous bodies

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); GALERKIN METHODS; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

AXISYMMETRIC POROUS BODIES; CYLINDRICAL ANNULUS; GALERKIN'S METHOD; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; RADIUS RATIO; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; POROUS BODIES;

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER;

CONVECTIVE; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0029395262     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000004126     Document Type: Article

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