Visualization of natural convection in a side-heated cavity: Transition to the final steady state

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3497-3509

  Schopf W ^a   Patterson, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COOLING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; HEATING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAMINAR FLOW; MECHANICAL WAVES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

LAMINAR INTRUSION FLOW; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SHADOWGRAPH TECHNIQUE; STEADY STATE FLOW; TRAVELLING WAVE GROUPS; WATER FILLED SQUARE CAVITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITIES; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030297464     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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