Natural convection of micropolar fluid in a partially divided enclosure

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-53

  Wang, S G ^a   Li, T Y ^a   Hsu, P T ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VORTEX FLOW;

MICROPOLAR FLUID; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VORTEX VISCOSITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032592761     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01292297     Document Type: Article

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