Effects of anisotropy in permeability on the two-phase flow and heat transfer in a porous cavity

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-174

  Zhang, X L ^a   Nguyen, T Hung ^a   Kahawita, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

POROUS CAVITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0031069625     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050108     Document Type: Article

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