Natural convection in a cubical cavity heated from below at low rayleigh numbers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3233-3247

  Pallares J ^a   Cuesta, I ^a   Grau, F X ^a   Giralt, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITIES; CUBICAL; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATE METAL; ROTATION; VORTEX FLOW;

ADIABATIC CONFINING LATERAL WALLS; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; CONVECTIVE STRUCTURES; CUBICAL CAVITY; ENERGY TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; FLOW CIRCULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; VORTICITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030250958     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(95)00390-8     Document Type: Article

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