Transient natural convection in a vertical channel partially filled with a porous medium

Mathematical Engineering in Industry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-445

  Paul, T ^a   Singh, A K ^a   Thorpe, G R ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; PRANDTL NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

BRINKMAN-FORCHHEIMER EXTENDED DARCY MODEL; DARCY EFFECTS; LAMINAR FREE CONVECTIVE FLOW; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; THERMAL ENERGY EQUATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032599021     PISSN: 0169121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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