Effects of thermal dispersion and stratification on combined convection on a vertical surface embedded in a porous medium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 275-282

  Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^a   Bakier, A Y ^b   Byrd, L ^c  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b Assiut University   (Egypt)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined convection; Heat transfer; Porous media; Thermal dispersion; Thermal stratification

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

COMBINED CONVECTION; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; NONLINEAR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; THERMAL DISPERSION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMAL DISPERSION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0030427980     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00140984     Document Type: Article

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