A boundary layer analysis of combined heat and mass transfer by natural convection from a concentrated source in a saturated porous medium

Applied Scientific Research (The Hague)

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Nakayama, A ^a   Ashizawa, T ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentrated heat source; Mass transfer; Natural convection; Porous media

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; INTEGRATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE;

BUOYANCY RATIO; CONCENTRATED HEAT SOURCE; LEWIS NUMBER LE; SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 0030379885     PISSN: 00036994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02282918     Document Type: Article

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