Numerical study of heat and mass transfer in an anisotropic porous enclosure due to constant heating and cooling

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 887-905

  Bera, P ^a   Eswaran, V ^a   Singh, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; TENSORS; VECTORS;

ANISOTROPIC POROUS ENCLOSURE; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032316101     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789808914021     Document Type: Article

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