Unsteady natural convection from a horizontal annulus filled with a porous medium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 19-20, 2008, Pages 5001-5007

  Kumari, M ^a   Nath, G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b KNIT   (India)

Author keywords

Horizontal annulus; Natural convection; Porous medium; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS;

DARCY NUMBER; ENERGY EQUATION; FINITE-VOLUME METHOD; HORIZONTAL ANNULUS; IMPULSIVE MOTION; INNER CYLINDERS; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUMS; STEADY STATES; TIME INTERVALS; TIME VARIATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY NATURAL CONVECTION; WALL TEMPERATURES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 49549108218     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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