Unsteady vortex roll structures in a mixed convective air flow through a horizontal plane channel : A numerical study

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-518

  Yu, C H ^a   Chang, M Y ^a   Huang, C C ^a   Lin, T F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

BOTTOM HEATED HORIZONTAL PLANE CHANNEL; BUOYANCY INDUCED VORTEX FLOW; FORCED AIR FLOW; HOBF BIFURCATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THIRD ORDER UPWIND FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL UNSTEADY NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

AIR FLOW; VORTICES;

EID: 0031081020     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00169-X     Document Type: Article

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