Numerical investigation of forced convection in a plane channel with a built-in triangular prism

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 649-658

  Abbassi, Hassen ^a   Turki, Said ^a   Ben Nasrallah, Sassi ^b  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Convection forc e; D tachement; Ecoulement laminaire; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Laminar flow; Obstacle; P riodique; Periodic; Shedding; Tourbillons; Transfert thermique; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001567032     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(01)01254-6     Document Type: Article

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