Combined heat and mass transfer by natural convection with opposing buoyancy effects in a fluid saturated porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2755-2773

  Angirasa, D ^a   Peterson, G P ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; BUOYANCY RATIO; DIFFUSION RATE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIA;

EID: 0031215136     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00354-7     Document Type: Article

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