Numerical analysis on heat transfer and fluid flow for arrays of non-uniform plate length aligned at angles to the flow direction

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 479-496

  Wang, L B ^a   Tao, W Q ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERPOLATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NON UNIFORM PLATE LENGTH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; AIR FLOW; CONVERGENCE RATE; FLOW DIRECTIONS; OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); HEAT TRANSFER;

FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLATE;

FLOW MODELLING; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NON-UNIFORM PLATE;

EID: 0030670380     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539710187792     Document Type: Article

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