Linear instability of the horizontal throughflow in a plane porous layer saturated by a power-law fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Barletta, A ^a   Nield, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; DARCY-RAYLEIGH NUMBER; DISTURBANCE EQUATION; HORIZONTAL POROUS LAYERS; LINEAR INSTABILITIES; MARGINAL STABILITY; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUID;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 79551517678     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3532805     Document Type: Article

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