Natural convection in c-shaped thermosyphon

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-323

  Mohamad, A A ^a   Sezai, I ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; FLOW PATTERNS; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; WALL FLOW;

C SHAPED THERMOSYPHON;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031206960     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407789708913893     Document Type: Article

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