Buoyant plume above a line source of heat in an anisotropic porous medium

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-213

  Degan, Gérard ^a   Zohoun, Sylvain ^a   Vasseur, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY RATIO;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0037325653     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-002-0327-6     Document Type: Article

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