FREE-CONVECTION ABOUT CYLINDERS OF ELLIPTIC CROSS-SECTION EMBEDDED IN A POROUS-MEDIUM

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作者
POP, I [1 ]
KUMARI, M [1 ]
NATH, G [1 ]
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[1] INDIAN INST SCI,DEPT APPL MATH,BANGALORE 560012,KARNATAKA,INDIA
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10.1016/0020-7225(92)90119-2
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T [工业技术];
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Numerical solutions are presented for the free convection boundary layers over cylinders of elliptic cross section embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium. The transformed conservation equations of the nonsimilar boundary layers are solved numerically by an efficient finite-difference method. The theory was applied to a number of cylinders and the results compared very well with published analytical solutions. The results are of use in the design of underground electrical cables, power plant steam, and water distribution lines, among others.
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