Combined effect of heat generation or absorption and first-order chemical reaction on micropolar fluid flows over a uniformly stretched permeable surface

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1658-1663

  Damseh, Rebhi A ^a   Al Odat, M Q ^a   Chamkha, Ali J ^b   Shannak, Benbella A ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Chemical reaction; Heat and mass transfer; Heat generation or absorption; Micropolar fluid; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING FLUIDS; CHEMICAL REACTION PARAMETERS; COMBINED EFFECTS; COMBINED HEATS; FIRST ORDERS; FLUID VELOCITIES; FOURTH-ORDER RUNGE-KUTTA METHODS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT GENERATION OR ABSORPTION; MICROPOLAR; MICROPOLAR FLUID; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; PERMEABLE SURFACES; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; SCHMIDT NUMBERS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SKIN-FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; VORTEX VISCOSITIES;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRICT HEATING; FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 67349245810     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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