Natural convection in interacting cavities heated from below

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 580-597

  Raji, A ^a   Hasnaoui, M ^a   Zrikem, Z ^a  

^a CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; BUOYANCY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GRAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; ISOTHERMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

INTERACTING CAVITIES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION; HEAT CONVECTION;

CAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; CAVITY; CONVECTION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031449981     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539710170763     Document Type: Article

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