Numerical study of transient mixed convection in a cylindrical cavity

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-324

  Bouhdjar, A ^a   Benkhelifa, A ^a   Harhad, A ^b  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; GEOMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACES; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CYLINDRICAL CAVITY; FLOW MODELS; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; THERMAL STORAGE EFFICIENCY; TRANSIENT MIXED CONVECTION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0031077421     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789708914039     Document Type: Article

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