Free convection boundary layers on a vertical surface in a heat-generating porous medium

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-253

  Mealey, L ^a   Merkin, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layers; Free convection; Internal heat generation; Porous media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE;

INTERNAL HEAT GENERATION; NATURAL CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 39049161210     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: 14643634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/hxm048     Document Type: Article

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