Theoretical and experimental studies of laminar mixed convection in water pipe flow with density inversion effect

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2019-2033

  Hwang, G J ^a   Tsai, C W ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PIPE FLOW; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DENSITY INVERSION EFFECT; HORIZONTAL ISOTHERMALLY COOLED PIPE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE FIELDS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 0031172331     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00295-5     Document Type: Article

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