Free convection in micropolar fluids over a uniformly heated vertical plate

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 504-518

  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

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BLOOD; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRANDTL NUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; HEATED VERTICAL PLATE; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; MICROROTATION; MICROPOLAR FLUID;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROPOLAR FLUID; PLATE;

EID: 0031638227     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539810220261     Document Type: Article

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