Convective heat transfer in porous and overlying fluid layers heated from below

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-329

  Kim, Sung Jin ^a   Choi, Christopher Y ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEATING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY;

FLUID LAYER; INTERFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POROUS LAYER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA;

EID: 0029671758     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00118-S     Document Type: Article

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