Similarity solutions for buoyancy-induced flow of a power-law fluid over a horizontal surface immersed in a porous medium

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 805-814

  Chamkha, Ali J ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

CONTINUUM EQUATIONS; POWER LAW FLUIDS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; POWER LAW FLUIDS;

EID: 0031257683     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1933(97)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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