Solar radiation assisted natural convection in uniform porous medium supported by a vertical flat plate

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Chamkha, A J ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Porous media; Radiation interactions

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0031011758     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824104     Document Type: Article

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