Stability of convection in a gravity modulated porous layer heated from below

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-123

  Govender, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Free convection; Froude number; Gravity modulation; Porous media; Vadasz number

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEATING; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GRAVITY MODULATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FROUDE NUMBER; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 3442882588     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TIPM.0000032739.39927.af     Document Type: Article

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