Double diffusive natural convection in an enclosure filled with a step type porous layer: Non-Darcy flow

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 665-673

  Baytas, A C ^a   Baytas, A F ^a   Ingham, D B ^b   Pop, I ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Composite systems; Double diffusive; Interface; Natural convection; Non Darcy flow; Porous layer; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

DARCY NUMBER; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE; DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE NATURAL CONVECTION; FLUID LAYER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; NON-DARCY FLOW; POROUS LAYERS; STEP HEIGHT;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 58749089857     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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