Modelling the effect of surface tension on the onset of natural convection in a saturated porous medium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 365-368

  Nield, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Instability; Marangoni effects; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE TENSION;

MARANGONI EFFECTS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SURFACE TENSION;

CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0032101434     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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