On the limits of validity of the low magnetic reynolds number approximation in MHD natural-convection heat transfer

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-180

  Sarris, I E ^a   Zikos, G K ^a   Grecos, A P ^a   Vlachos, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; HEAT CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLUID MOTION; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC REYNOLDS NUMBER; NATURAL CONVECTION SIMULATIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 33748507558     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790500459403     Document Type: Article

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