Heat transfer with laminar forced convection in a porous channel exposed to a thermal asymmetry

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1106-1121

  Mitrovic, J ^a   Maletic, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Laminar developing flow; Porous media; Thermal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AXIAL POSITIONS; LAMINAR DEVELOPING FLOW; THERMAL ASYMMETRY;

FORCED CONVECTION;

FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT LOSSES; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846600906     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.06.046     Document Type: Article

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