Steady mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical flat plate in a porous medium filled with water at 4°C: Case of variable wall temperature

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-372

  Ling, S C ^a   Nazar, R ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Dual solutions; Maximum density; Mixed convection; Porous medium; Variable wall temperature; Vertical plate

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW SEPARATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN FRICTION; STEADY FLOW;

KELLER-BOX SCHEME; VERTICAL PLATE;

MIXED CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW SEPARATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXED CONVECTION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN FRICTION; STEADY FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MODELING; POROUS MEDIUM; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL CONVECTION;

EID: 38149051233     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9077-0     Document Type: Article

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