Experimental study of transient natural convection in an inclined rectangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2679-2690

  Upton, T D ^a   Watt, D W ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COOLING; ENCLOSURES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEATING; INTERFEROMETRY; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATED MULTICHANNEL ELECTRONIC INTERFEROMETRY; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031177533     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00275-X     Document Type: Article

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