Mixed convection in non-Newtonian fluids along nonisothermal horizontal surfaces in porous media

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^a   Shanmugam, K ^a   Kumari, M ^b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WALL FLOW;

NONISOTHERMAL HORIZONTAL SURFACES; VISCOSITY INDEX;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0031999136     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050190     Document Type: Article

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