Numerical investigation of natural convection in a vertical slot with two heat source elements

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 474-482

  Dehghan, A A ^a   Behnia, M ^b  

^a YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic cooling; Natural convection; Open cavity

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WALL FLOW;

AIR COOLING; ELECTRONIC COOLING; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT SOURCE; OPEN CAVITY; WALL CONDUCTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COOLING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030268094     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-727X(96)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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