Free convection flow of thermomicropolar fluid along a vertical plate with nonuniform surface temperature and surface heat flux

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 568-585

  Hossain, M A ^a   Chowdhury, M K ^b   Gorla, R S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRANDTL NUMBER; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

LAMINAR FREE CONVECTION; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; VERTICAL PLATE; VORTEX VISCOSITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032593071     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539910276854     Document Type: Article

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