Numerical simulation of two- and three-dimensional free convection flows in a horizontal porous annulus using a pressure and temperature formulation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1521-1533

  Charrier Mojtabi, M C ^a  

^a IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; PIPE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

POROUS ANNULAR HEAT FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FLOW; POROUS MEDIA; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

EID: 0031149990     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00227-X     Document Type: Article

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