Free Convection from a Vertical Plate in a Porous Medium Subjected to a Sudden Change in Surface Heat Flux

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-224

  Harris, S D ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Heat flux; Porous medium; Transient

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

POROUS MEDIUM; STEP BY STEP METHOD;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031070618     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006550510374     Document Type: Article

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