Natural convection of high Prandtl number fluids with variable viscosity in a vertical slot

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2663-2670

  Jin, Y Y ^a   Chen, C F ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VISCOSITY;

GRASHOF NUMBER; VISCOSITY STRATIFICATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

FLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030222407     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00366-5     Document Type: Article

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