Numerical and experimental studies on natural convection from a horizontal elliptic cylinder

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Chen, Yau Ming ^a   Wang, Jand Kun Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elliptic Cylinder; Holographic Interferometry; Natural Convection; Vorticity Transport Equation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CALCULATIONS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXIS RATIO; HORIZONTAL ELLIPTIC CYLINDER; INCLINATION ANGLE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VORTICITY TRANSPORT EQUATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030231718     PISSN: 03681653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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