The Prandtl number effect on the optimum heating frequency of an enclosure filled with fluid or with a saturated porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1313-1323

  Antohe, B V ^a   Lage, J L ^b  

^a MICROFAB TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCLOSURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

DARCY NUMBER; HEAT PULSATING FREQUENCY; NATURAL CONVECTION RESONANCE; OPTIMUM HEATING FREQUENCY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031126748     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00203-7     Document Type: Article

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