Numerical analysis of melting in rectangular enclosures heated uniformly or discretely by the conducting side walls;Étude numérique de la fusion dans des enceintes rectangulaires chauffées uniformément ou discrètement par les parois latérales conductrices

Revue Generale de Thermique

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 607-620

  Binet, Bruno ^a   Lacroix, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discrete heat sources; Electronic components cooling; Enclosure; Heat flux; Heat storage; Melting; Natural convection; Phase change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001210904     PISSN: 00353159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-3159(98)80037-8     Document Type: Article

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