Laminar natural convection of non-Newtonian power-law fluids between concentric circular cylinders

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-121

  Matin, Meisam Habibi ^a   Khan, Waqar Ahmed ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Concentric cylinders; Natural convection; Non Newtonian; Nusselt number; Power law model

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; DIMENSIONLESS VELOCITY; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN POWER-LAW FLUIDS; POWER LAW MODEL; STEADY-STATE NATURAL CONVECTION;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84875811943     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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