Compressible gas in porous media: A finite amplitude analysis of natural convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1585-1589

  Stauffer, P H ^a   Auer, L H ^b   Rosenberg, N D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN GASES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FINITE AMPLITUDE ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAS FLOWS; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0031150023     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00222-0     Document Type: Article

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