A bioheat transfer model: Forced convection in a channel occupied by a porous medium with counterflow

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 5534-5541

  Nield, D A ^a   Kuznetsov, A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer; Brinkman model; Counterflow; Forced convection; Saturated porous medium

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; FORCED CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BIOHEAT TRANSFER; BRINKMAN MODEL; BRINKMAN MODELS; COUNTER FLOWS; COUNTERFLOW; FLUX BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT-TRANSFER; MEAN VELOCITIES; NEGATIVE VALUES; PARALLEL-PLATE CHANNELS; POROUS MEDIUMS; SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 53049104688     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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