Experimental investigation of natural convection heat transfer in volumetrically heated spherical segments

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-37

  Asfla, F J ^a   Frantz, B ^a   Dhir, V K ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure flows; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER COOLED REACTORS;

NATURAL CONVECTION; SPHERICAL SEGMENTS; VOLUMETRIC HEATING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CONVECTION; COOLING; HEAT REMOVAL; HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0029676237     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824063     Document Type: Article

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