Transient natural convection of non-Newtonian fluids about a vertical surface embedded in an anisotropic porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 23-24, 2007, Pages 4629-4639

  Degan, G ^a   Akowanou, C ^a   Awanou, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DARCY POWER LAW MODEL; GENERALIZED DARCY'S LAW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 34748913240     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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