Nonsimilar solutions for mixed convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a vertical plate in a porous medium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-307

  Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^a   Kumari, Mahesh ^b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Mixed convection; Non Newtonian fluids; Nonsimilar solutions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

NONSIMILAR SOLUTIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VERTICAL PLATE;

MIXED CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PLATE;

HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032463916     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006566004291     Document Type: Article

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