Double diffusive convection of anomalous density fluids in a porous cavity

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-145

  Sivasankaran, S ^a   Kandaswamy, P ^a   Ng, C O ^b  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Density maximum; Natural convection; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRASHOF NUMBER; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DARCY NUMBER; DENSITY MAXIMUM;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRASHOF NUMBER; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BUOYANCY; COLD WATER; CONVECTION; DARCY LAW; DIFFUSION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERM; MASS TRANSFER; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 38649113617     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9114-7     Document Type: Article

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