Mixed convection boundary layer flow along vertical moving thin needles with variable heat flux

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-479

  Ahmad, S ^a   Arifin, N M ^a   Nazar, R ^b   Pop, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; NEEDLES; PRANDTL NUMBER; SKIN FRICTION;

AXIAL DIRECTION; SKIN FRICTION COEFFICIENT; THIN NEEDLES;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 37249029913     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-007-0263-6     Document Type: Article

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