Direct simulations of turbulent unstratified natural convection in a vertical slot for Pr = 0.71

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2485-2494

  Phillips, J R ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL CONVECTION; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

GRASHOF NUMBERS; TURBULENT UNSTRATIFIED NATURAL CONVECTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030201139     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00321-5     Document Type: Article

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