Natural convection heat transfer in horizontal rod-bundle enclosures

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 598-605

  Keyhani, M ^a   Dalton, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enclosure flows; Flow visualization; Natural convection; Two Phase; Visualization

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030449350     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822674     Document Type: Article

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