Heat and mass transfer of an unsteady MHD natural convection flow of a rotating fluid past a vertical porous flat plate in the presence of radiative heat transfer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1902-1908

  Mbeledogu, I U ^a   Ogulu, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Optically thick fluid; Radiative heat transfer; Rotating fluid

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

OPTICALLY THICK FLUID; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ROTATING FLUIDS;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 33847232508     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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