Free convection in a thermally stratified non-darcy porous medium saturated with a non-Newtonian fluid

International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 414-423

  Kairi, R R ^a   Murthy, P V S N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOUS FLOW;

FREE CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; NON-DARCY POROUS MEDIA; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; POWER LAW INDEX; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; STRATIFIED MEDIA; THERMAL DISPERSION; THERMALLY STRATIFIED; VERTICAL FLAT PLATES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 70349282012     PISSN: 21525102     EISSN: 21525110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/InterJFluidMechRes.v36.i5.20     Document Type: Article

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