Numerical study of steady/unsteady flow and heat transfer in porous media using a characteristics-based matrix-free implicit FV method on unstructured grids

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1015-1033

  Chiem, Kok Siong ^a   Zhao, Yong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Characteristics based scheme; Computational fluid dynamics; Matrix free dual time stepping scheme; Porous media; Unsteady flow and heat transfer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CYCLIC VARIATIONS; DISCRETE POROUS BLOCKS; HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTATION; POROUS CHANNELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 11344283647     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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