The effect of mechanical and thermal anisotropy on the stability of gravity driven convection in rotating porous media in the presence of thermal non-equilibrium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-66

  Govender, Saneshan ^a   Vadasz, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Northern Arizona University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical anisotropy; Rayleigh number; Rotation; Taylor number; Thermal anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORIOLIS FORCE; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; THERMODYNAMICS;

MECHANICAL ANISOTROPY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TAYLOR NUMBER; THERMAL ANISOTROPY;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ANISOTROPY; CORIOLIS FORCE; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANISOTROPY; CONVECTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; DARCY LAW; FLOW MODELING; GRAVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

EID: 34250827928     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9063-6     Document Type: Article

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