Onset of natural convection in a fluid-saturated porous medium inside a cylindrical enclosure bottom heated by constant flux

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 593-598

  Wang, C Y ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ENCLOSURES; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CONSTANT FLUX; FLUID SATURATED POROUS CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION;

EID: 0032075767     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1933(98)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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