Small and moderate Prandtl number convection in a porous layer heated from below

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 941-960

  Vadasz, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chaos; Free convection; Hysteresis; Porous media; Weak turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

TEMPORAL IRREGULAR SOLUTIONS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MEDIUM; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0042926614     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.927     Document Type: Article

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