Mixed convection boundary layer flow of a micropolar fluid on a horizontal plate

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 170, Issue , 1998, Pages 117-131

  Hassanien, I A ^a   Ibrahim, F S ^a   Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Heat transfer; Micropolar fluids; Mixed convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; DRAG; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; PRANDTL NUMBER; STRESSES;

FRICTION FACTOR; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 0032290927     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449808912738     Document Type: Article

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