Transient natural convection of micropolar fluids between concentric and vertically eccentric spheres

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1936-1951

  Chen, Wen Ruey ^a  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Natural convection

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER;

ECCENTRIC SPHERES; ISOTHERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 17044388203     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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