Effects of wall conduction, internal heat sources and an internal baffle on natural convection heat transfer in a rectangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 915-929

  Sun, Y S ^a   Emery, A F ^b  

^a ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING INC   (Taiwan)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; ENCLOSURES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

INTERNAL BAFFLE; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BAFFLES; DUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0031106512     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00120-2     Document Type: Article

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