The effect of lateral mass flux on the natural convection boundary layers induced by a heated vertical plate embedded in a saturated porous medium with internal heat generation

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-163

  Ali, Mohamed E ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Heat generation; Natural convection; Porous media; Similarity solution; Vertical plate

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER EQUATIONS; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; HEAT GENERATION; MASS FLUX; VERTICAL PLATES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 33751159399     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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