Natural convection of non-Newtonian power law fluids in a shallow horizontal rectangular cavity uniformly heated from below

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Lamsaadi, M ^a   Naimi M ^a   Hasnaoui, M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

GOVERNING EQUATIONS; NON-NEWTONIAN POWER LAW FLUIDS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

EID: 10844278157     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-004-0530-8     Document Type: Article

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