Buoyant instabilities in downward flow in a symmetrically heated vertical channel

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2419-2425

  Evans, G ^a   Greif, R ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT FLUX; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VELOCITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BUOYANT INSTABILITIES; PERIODIC FLOW REVERSALS; SYMMETRICALLY HEATED VERTICAL CHANNEL; TIME DEPENDENT OSCILLATIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0031175998     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00271-2     Document Type: Article

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