Effects of the darcy-prandtl number on the linear stability of stationary convection in rotating mushy layers

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-280

  Maharaj, Yeshern ^a   Govender, Saneshan ^b  

^a NECSA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EUTECTICS; HEAT CONVECTION; SOLIDIFICATION;

EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; STEFAN NUMBER;

PRANDTL NUMBER;

EID: 24144450273     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v8.i3.30     Document Type: Article

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