Effect of surface undulations on natural convection in a porous square cavity

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 848-851

  Kumar, Rathish B V ^a   Singh, P ^a   Murthy, P V S N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Numerical methods; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENCLOSURES; HEAT FLUX; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WALL FLOW;

NONDIMENSIONAL STREAM FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SINUSOIDAL WAVY SURFACE; SQUARE CAVITY; SURFACE UNDULATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031268309     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824193     Document Type: Article

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