Combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion on laminar forced convection in horizontal rectangular ducts

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1479-1488

  Yan, Wei Mon ^a  

^a Hua Fan College of Humanities and Technology Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; DUCTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMBINED BUOYANCY EFFECTS; DU FORT FRANKEL SCHEME; GRAETZ PROBLEM; LAMINAR FORCED CONVECTION; LOCAL FRICTION FACTOR RATIO; MASS DIFFUSION; MIXED CONVECTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; SCHMIDT NUMBER; SHERWOOD NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0030151075     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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