Mixed convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in porous media with surface mass transfer

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 598-608

  Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^a   Slaouti, A ^b   Takhar, H S ^c  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; KINEMATICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

NON SIMILAR BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; PECLET NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; WALL CONDITIONS;

HEAT CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PLATE; POROUS MEDIUM; CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 0031474450     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539710170772     Document Type: Article

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