Numerical simulation of transitional aiding mixed convective air flow in a bottom heated inclined rectangular duct

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1697-1710

  Huang, C C ^a,b   Lin, T F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BUOYANCY TO INERTIA RATIO; INCLINED RECTANGULAR DUCT; MIXED CONVECTIVE AIR FLOW; PROJECTION METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL UNSTEADY NAVIER-STOKES;

AIR;

DUCTS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RECTANGULAR; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

EID: 0030131192     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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