Periodic solution of Luikov equations for heat and mass transfer in capillary porous bodies

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 875-885

  Gaur, R C ^a,b   Bansal, N K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Capillary structure; Luikov equations; Temperature and moisture distribution

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

LUIKOV EQUATIONS;

WOOD;

CAPILLARY; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032750337     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199908)23:10<875::AID-ER525>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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