Conjugate natural convection heat transfer between two porous media separated by a horizontal wall

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3157-3161

  Higuera, F J ^a  

^a Technical University of Madrid UPM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; DARCY LAW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0031239923     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00360-2     Document Type: Article

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