Natural convection heat transfer from a thin rectangular fin with a line source at the base - A finite difference solution

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 127-135

  Sunil, S ^a   Reddy, J R N ^a   Sobhan, C B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY OF GASES;

HEAT TRANSFER EQUATION; KINEMATIC VISCOSITY OF AIR; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THIN RECTANGULAR FIN; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0030083488     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02333310     Document Type: Article

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