Free convection along a vertical heated plate in a porous medium with anisotropic permeability

DOI10.1108/09615539810197925zbMath0957.76080MaRDI QIDQ4700992

P. Vasseur, Gérard Degan

Publication date: 20 December 1999

Published in: International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/09615539810197925

zbMATH Keywords

parametric investigation; heat transfer; natural convection; Darcy's law; similarity solution; fluid-saturated porous medium; boundary-layer equations; semi-infinite vertical plate; anisotropic permeability; successive over relaxation method; orientation angle; alternating direction implicity scheme; anisotropic permeabilities' ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76S05: Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage

76R10: Free convection

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