The onset of mixed convection in a porous layer heated with a constant heat flux

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2677-2683

  Park, Joung Hwan ^a   Chung, Tae Joon ^a   Choi, Chang Kyun ^a   Kim, Min Chan ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Convective instability; Critical distance; Local growth rate; Onset of mixed convection; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; CRITICAL DISTANCE; LOCAL GROWTH RATE; ONSET OF MIXED CONVECTION;

MIXED CONVECTION;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33746875255     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10896     Document Type: Article

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