Convection and stability in a rotating porous layer with alternating direction of the centrifugal body force

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1639-1647

  Vadasz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT TREATMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROTATION; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); STABILITY CRITERIA; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CENTRIFUGAL BODY FORCE; COLD WALL; CRITICAL CENTRIFUGAL RAYLEIGH NUMBER; CRITICAL WAVE NUMBER; ROTATING POROUS LAYER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FLOW STABILITY; POROUS MEDIA; ROTATING;

EID: 0030131204     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00258-8     Document Type: Article

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