The unsteady penetration of free convection flows caused by heating and cooling flat surfaces in a porous media

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 665-687

  Bradean, R ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Heggs, P J ^b   Pop, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

FREE CONVECTION FLOWS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; COOLING; HEATING; POROUS MEDIA;

EID: 0031080810     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00154-8     Document Type: Article

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