A numerical study of laminar heat convection in ducts of irregular cross-sections

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 835-848

  Uzun, Ibrahim ^a   Unsal, Mazhar ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DUCTS; FRICTION; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELLIPTIC GRID GENERATION TECHNIQUE;

HEAT CONVECTION;

DUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 0031259253     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1933(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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