Soret effect on the boundary layer flow regime in a vertical porous enclosure subject to horizontal heat and mass fluxes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 3111-3120

  Er Raki, M ^a   Hasnaoui, M ^a   Amahmid, A ^a   Mamou, M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical and numerical studies; Boundary layer; Heat and mass transfer; Soret effect; Thermo solutal convection; Vertical porous enclosure

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; SORET EFFECTS; THERMO-SOLUTAL CONVECTION; VERTICAL POROUS ENCLOSURES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33745133667     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.028     Document Type: Article

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