Experimental and numerical study of buoyancy-induced flow and heat transfer in an open annular cavity

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2053-2066

  Desai, Chetan P ^a   Vafai, Kambiz ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CORRELATION METHODS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANNULAR CAVITIES; LASER INDUCED LIGHTING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

ANNULAR; CAVITIES; FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUCED;

EID: 0030176465     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00300-2     Document Type: Article

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