Numerical simulation of natural convection of gallium in a narrow gap

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1169-1180

  Derebail, R ^a   Koster, J N ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDITY; GALLIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LIQUID METAL GALLIUM;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

EID: 0031106576     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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