Numerical investigation of buoyancy driven flow in a fluid saturated non-Darcian porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1205-1215

  Nithiarasu, P ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^c   Sundararajan, T ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0345621594     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00254-3     Document Type: Article

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