Unsteady mixed convection boundary layer flow near the stagnation point on a vertical surface in a porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 12-13, 2004, Pages 2681-2688

  Nazar, Roslinda ^a   Amin, Norsarahaida ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Boundary layer; Flat plate; Mixed convection; Numerical solution; Stagnation point; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; STEADY FLOW; STREAM FLOW;

IMPULSIVE MOTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MIXED CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIUM; STAGNATION FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 1842715696     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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