Natural convection of a Darcian fluid about a wavy cone

Journal Article · · International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; (United States)

OSTI ID:6693631

Pop, I ^[1]; Na, T Y ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Cluj (Romania). Faculty of Mathematics
2. Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, MI (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

The results of a study of natural convection along an isothermal wavy cone embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium are presented. The boundary layer under consideration is concerned with the regime where the Darcy-Rayleigh number Ra is very large. It is assumed that the surface waves have O(1) amplitude and wavelength. The boundary layer equations are solved numerically using the Keller-box method. Detailed results of the effect of the sinusoidal waves on the heat flux on the wall are given.

• OSTI ID: 6693631
• Journal Information: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; (United States), Journal Name: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer; (United States) Vol. 21:6; ISSN 0735-1933; ISSN IHMTDL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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