Analysis of temperature gradient bifurcation in porous media - An exact solution

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 4316-4325

  Yang, Kun ^a,b   Vafai, Kambiz ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer; Internal heat generation; Local thermal non equilibrium; Porous media

Indexed keywords

AXIAL REGIONS; BIOT NUMBER; CHANNEL WALL; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CONSTANT WALL HEAT FLUX; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXACT SOLUTION; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; INTERNAL HEAT GENERATION; LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ONE-EQUATION MODEL; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLID PHASIS; SOLID TEMPERATURES; SOLID-PHASE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY RATIO;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT GENERATION; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77954537777     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.060     Document Type: Article

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