1997 Time-dependent free convection motion and heat transfer in an infinite porous medium induced by a heated sphere

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1551-1557

  Ganapathy, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPHERES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN THERMAL CONVECTION; HEATED SPHERE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA; SPHERES;

EID: 0031150007     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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