Natural convection with unsaturated humid air in vertical cavities

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3005-3012

  McBain, G D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

PROPORTIONALITY CONSTANT; SCALE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT RATES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITIES; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY;

EID: 0031239919     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00371-7     Document Type: Article

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