Onset of buoyancy-riven convection in porous media saturated with cold water cooled from above

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-380

  Kim, Min Chan ^a   Yoon, Do Young ^b   Moon, Joo Hyung ^c   Choi, Chang Kyun ^c  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buoyancy driven convection; Density maximum condition; Porous media; Propagation theory

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; FLUID MECHANICS;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN CONVECTION; COLD WATERS; DARCY-RAYLEIGH NUMBER; DENSITY INVERSIONS; DENSITY MAXIMUM CONDITION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUMS; PROPAGATION THEORY; TIME-DEPENDENT;

POROUS MATERIALS;

BUOYANCY; COOLING; DARCY LAW; POROUS MEDIUM; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SATURATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL CONVECTION; TRANSFORM;

EID: 50249112156     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-008-9205-0     Document Type: Article

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