Free convection in a non-Newtonian fluid saturated porous medium with lateral mass flux

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 471-482

  Pascal, J P ^a   Pascal, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free convection; Lateral mass flux; Non Newtonian power law fluid; Porous medium; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE; YIELD STRESS;

FREE CONVECTION; LATERAL MASS FLUX; NON NEWTONIAN POWER LAW FLUID;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

EID: 0031144194     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7462(96)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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