Transient natural convection from a finned surface for thermal storage in an enclosure

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-114

  Benmadda, Mohamed ^a   Lacroix, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); GRAVITATION; HEAT STORAGE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VECTORS;

FINNED HEAT EXCHANGING SURFACE; FINNED SURFACE; GRAVITY VECTORS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SOLAR THERMAL STORAGE TANK; THERMAL ENERGY; TIME DEPENDENT CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; TRANSIENT FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0029772399     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789608913781     Document Type: Article

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