Non-Darcy mixed convection from a horizontal plate embedded in a nanofluid saturated porous media

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1080-1085

  Rosca, A V ^a   Rosca, N C ^a   Grosan, T ^a   Pop, I ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Horizontal flat plate; Mixed convection; Nanofluid; Non Darcy; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DIMENSIONLESS VELOCITY; FLAT PLATE; FRACTION PARAMETERS; HORIZONTAL PLATES; NANOFLUIDS; NON-DARCY; NUMERICAL RESULTS; POROUS MEDIUM; SALIENT FEATURES; SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84865376301     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.06.025     Document Type: Article

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