Free convection about cylinders of elliptic cross section embedded in a porous medium

Pop, I. ; Kumari, M. ; Nath, G. (1992) Free convection about cylinders of elliptic cross section embedded in a porous medium International Journal of Engineering Science, 30 (1). pp. 35-45. ISSN 0020-7225

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Abstract

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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