Natural convection from two thermal sources in a vertical porous layer

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-109

  Saeid, Nawaf H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Heat transfer; Multiple heat sources; Natural convection; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADIABATIC VERTICAL PLATE; MULTIPLE HEAT SOURCES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SUCTION EFFECT;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33645794567     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2136367     Document Type: Article

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