Free convection in non-Newtonian fluids along a horizontal plate in a porous medium

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Subba, Rama ^a   Gorla, Reddy ^a   Kumari, Mahesh ^b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

HEAT FLUX DISTRIBUTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; SURFACE MASS TRANSFER; VISCOSITY INDEX;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0037275892     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-002-0351-6     Document Type: Article

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