Mixed convection in a vertical parallel-plate channel partially filled with porous media of high permeability

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1331-1342

  Chang, Wen Jeng ^a   Chang, Wen Lung ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

LOCAL FRICTION COEFFICIENT; MIXED CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIA; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SIMPLEC;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CHANNELS; CONVECTION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PARALLEL PLATES; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0029676955     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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