Free convection heat transfer from an isothermal wavy surface in a porous enclosure

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 633-661

  Kumar, B V Rathish ^a   Murthy, P V S N ^a   Singh, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BODIES OF REVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; POROUS MATERIALS;

DARCIAN MODEL; MULTICELLULAR FLOW; POROUS ENCLOSURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; UNICELLULAR FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0032582212     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19980930)28:4<633::AID-FLD737>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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