Numerical study of the combined free-forced convective laminar boundary layer flow past a vertical isothermal flat plate with temperature-dependent viscosity

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 39-50

  Kafoussias, N G ^a   Rees, D A S ^b   Daskalakis, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Power Corporation   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

VERTICAL ISOTHERMAL FLAT PLATES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 0031674781     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01170361     Document Type: Article

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