An interferometric investigation of open-cavity natural-convection heat transfer

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 27-40

  Cha, S S ^a   Choi, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS--BOUNDARY LAYER; INTERFEROMETRY;

GRASHOF NUMBER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; OPEN-CAVITY NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0024898764     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: 15210480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916158908946352     Document Type: Article

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