Anisotropy effects on non-Darcy natural convection from concentrated heat sources in porous media

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 111-124

  Degan, G ^a,b   Vasseur, P ^a,c   Awanou, N C ^a,b  

^a Université d'Abomey Calavi ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; INERTIA EFFECTS; NON-DARCY NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMAL CONVECTIVE PLUME;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 26044475248     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00707-005-0227-1     Document Type: Article

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