Free convection heat transfer of non-Newtonian fluids over axisymmetric and two-dimensional bodies of arbitrary shape embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 203-210

  Yang, Yue Tzu ^a   Wang, Sae Jan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; STRESSES;

FOURTH ORDER RUNGA-KUTTA METHODS; FREE CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT; SHEAR RATE; SHOOTING METHOD; TWO DIMENSIONAL BODIES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0029729163     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)85016-2     Document Type: Article

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