Mixed convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in a porous medium

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 118, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-64

  Gorla, R S R ^a   Kumari, M ^b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CONSERVATION LAWS; POWER LAW NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; VISCOSITY INDEX;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 0030403096     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01410507     Document Type: Article

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