Experimental and numerical studies of natural convection in trapezoidal cavities

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 372-377

  Lam, S W ^a   Gani, R ^a   Symons, J G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

NATURAL CONVECTION; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITIES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0024664517     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3250687     Document Type: Article

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