Turbulent natural convection heat transfer in an asymmetrically heated, vertical parallel-plate channel

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3849-3860

  Fedorov, A G ^a   Viskanta, R ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; TURBULENCE MODEL;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031248840     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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