Influence of Prandtl number on stability of mixed convective flow in a vertical channel filled with a porous medium

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Bera, P ^a   Khalili, A ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Flow instability; Flow through porous media; Forced convection; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT FLUX; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MIXED CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; PRASEODYMIUM; REYNOLDS EQUATION;

DARCY NUMBER; EXTERNAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS; FLOW INSTABILITY; TEMPERATURE FLUX; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; INSTABILITY CHARACTERISTICS; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; INSTABILITY MODES; MIXED CONVECTIVE FLOW; MODE OF INSTABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

MIXED CONVECTION; STABILITY;

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT FLUX; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33846117007     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2405321     Document Type: Article

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