Effects of porosity on the free convection flow of non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate embedded in a porous medium

Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Beithou, N ^a   Albayrak, K ^a   Abdulmajeed, A ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Non Newtonian flow; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; GEOPHYSICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROSITY; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; TEMPERATURE;

PETROLEUM PROCESSES; VERTICAL PLATE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

NATURAL CONVECTION; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; VERTICAL PLATE;

NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POROSITY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032451694     PISSN: 13000160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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