Parametric study of buoyancy-induced flow and heat transfer from L-shaped corners with asymmetrically heated surfaces

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 851-865

  Chinnakotla, R B ^a   Angirasa, D ^a   Mahajan, R L ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY INDUCED; CORNERING; FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; L-SHAPED;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEATING; ISOTHERMS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ASYMMETRICALLY HEATED SURFACES; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; GRASHOF NUMBER; HORIZONTAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; L SHAPED CORNERS; PARAMETRIC NUMERICAL STUDY; TWO DIMENSIONAL BUOYANCY INDUCED FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0030088293     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00160-3     Document Type: Article

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