Combined convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a nonisothermal vertical plate in a porous medium

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-178

  Mansour, M A ^a   Gorla, Rama Subba Reddy ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; MIXED CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EXPANSION; VELOCITY;

COMBINED CONVECTION; PECLET NUMBER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

EID: 0033885352     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530010312310     Document Type: Article

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