Non-Darcy natural convection of a non-Newtonian fluid in a porous cavity

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1179-1189

  Hadim, H ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Porous medium; Power law fluid

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONFINED FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS;

DARCY NUMBER; POWER LAW FLUID; POWER LAW INDEX;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONFINED FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33750843977     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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