Comparative study of the unified finite approach exponential-type scheme (unifaes) and its application to natural convection in a porous cavity

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-367

  Figueiredo, Josè R ^a   Llagostera, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BENARD LIKE CONVECTION PROBLEM; LOCALLY ANALYTIC DIFFERENCING SCHEME; PATANKAR POWER LAW APPROXIMATION; POROUS CAVITY; UNIFIED FINITE APPROACH EXPONENTIAL TYPE SCHEME;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032655038     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077999275901     Document Type: Article

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