Effects of varying viscosity and thermal conductivity on steady free convective flow and heat transfer along an isothermal vertical plate in the presence of heat sink

Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Mahanti, N C ^a   Gaur, Pramod ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Free convection; Heat sink; Nusselt number; Skin friction coefficient; Steady; Variable thermal conductivity; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549105355     PISSN: 17353572     EISSN: 17353645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.36884/jafm.2.01.11852     Document Type: Article

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