A study of non-Boussinesq effect on transition of thermally induced flow in a square cavity

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-106

  Mlaouah, H ^a   Tsuji, T ^a   Nagano, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Enclosure; Governing equation; Instability; Natural convection; Thermally driven flow

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; ENCLOSURES; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF GASES; GASES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TRANSITION FLOW;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MACH NUMBER APPROXIMATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; THERMALLY DRIVEN FLOW; WORKING FLUID;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITIES; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0031080783     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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