Natural convection in partitioned two-dimensional enclosures at higher rayleigh numbers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1407-1427

  Hanjalic K ^a   Kenjeres S ^a   Durst, F ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030150734     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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