Boundary layer flows in a vertical porous enclosure induced by opposing buoyancy forces

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3599-3608

  Amahmid, A ^b   Hasnaoui, M ^b   Mamou, M ^a   Vasseur, P ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; BUOYANCY FORCES; DARCY MODEL; LEWIS NUMBER; PARALLEL FLOW APPROXIMATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VERTICAL POROUS ENCLOSURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

CONDUCTION; FIN; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0344604236     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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