Mixed convection boundary layer flow near the stagnation point on a vertical surface embedded in a porous medium with anisotropy effect

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-373

  Bachok, Norfifah ^a   Ishak, Anuar ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Dual solutions; Mixed convection; Porous medium; Stagnation point flow

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; ANISOTROPY EFFECT; ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; DUAL SOLUTIONS; FLUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIUM; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; GOVERNING SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; MIXED CONVECTION BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; OPPOSING FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SIMILARITY TRANSFORMATION; STAGNATION POINTS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VERTICAL FLAT PLATES; VERTICAL SURFACE;

ANISOTROPIC FLUIDS; ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIXED CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; POROUS PLATES;

ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; STAGNATION FLOW; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 77951457290     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9431-0     Document Type: Article

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