The effect of time-periodic surface temperature oscillations on free convection from a vertical surface in a porous medium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-130

  Hossain, M A ^a   Pop, I ^b   Rees, D A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Unsteady; Vertical surface

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

KELLER BOX METHOD; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; UNSTEADY FREE CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

POROUS MATERIALS;

NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 0033995508     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006692124087     Document Type: Article

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