Heat transfer analysis of porous medium in a conical cylinder with variable wall temperature

International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Ahmed, N J Salman ^a   Zainal, Z A ^a   Badruddin, Irfan Anjum ^b   Hussain, M T Khalid ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cone angle; Conical cylinder; FEM; Natural convection; Porous media; Radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649095377     PISSN: 18230334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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