Free-convection boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid along a vertical wavy surface

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 625-631

  Kumari, M ^a   Pop, I ^b   Takhar, H S ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free convection; Non Newtonian fluids; Power law fluids; Wavy surface

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

POWER LAW FLUIDS; WAVY SURFACE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY FLOW; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PRANDTL NUMBER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; FREE; HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; WAVY SURFACE;

EID: 0031430050     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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