The effect of the macroscopic local inertial term on the non-Newtonian fluid flow in channels filled with porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-133

  Al Nimr, M A ^a   Aldoss, T K ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Local inertial term; Macroscopic local inertial term; Non Newtonian fluids; Porous media; Transient flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

POWER LAW INDEX;

POROUS MATERIALS;

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSIENT FLOW;

EID: 0141907848     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00382-X     Document Type: Article

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