Effect of porosity on natural convective heat transfer in a fluid saturated porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-58

  Nithiarasu, P ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^a   Sundararajan, T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

NON-DARCY FLOW MODEL;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; SATURATION;

EID: 0031999073     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)10008-X     Document Type: Article

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