Modelling convection heat transfer in a rotating fluid in a thermally-stratified high-porosity medium: Numerical finite difference solutions

International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-401

  Bég, O Anwar ^a   Takhar, H S ^b   Bég, Tasveer A ^c   Chamkha, A J ^d   Nath, G ^e   Majeed, Rui ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Public Authority for Applied Education and Training ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROSITY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CRITICAL VALUES; PERMEABILITY PARAMETER; ROSSBY NUMBERS; ROTATING FLUIDS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 33645572813     PISSN: 21525102     EISSN: 21525110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v32.i4.10     Document Type: Article

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