Effect of gravity modulation on natural convection in a vertical slot

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1411-1426

  Jin, Y Y ^a   Chen, C F ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ASPECT RATIO; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

GRASHOF NUMBER; SECONDARY CELLS; SINUSOIDAL GRAVITY MODULATION; VERTICAL SLOTS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031126479     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00193-7     Document Type: Article

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