On the mixed convection boundary-layer flow about a solid sphere with constant surface temperature

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2 C, 2002, Pages 117-135

  Nazar, R ^a   Amin, N ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a Untversiti Teknologi Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Constant surface temperature; Mixed convection; Numerical results

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONSTANT SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 0037505579     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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