Free convection in open-top enclosures filled with a porous medium heated from below

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-254

  Holzbecher, E ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SURFACE WATERS;

DARCYS LAW; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; MIXED BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 4043096942     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780490474726     Document Type: Article

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