Finite element analysis of transient natural convection in an odd-shaped enclosure

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-216

  Nithiarasu, P ^a   Sundararajan, T ^a   Seetharamu, K N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; KINEMATICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METAL CASTINGS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VISCOSITY; BODIES OF REVOLUTION;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; INGOT CASTINGS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TRANSIENT NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW; ODD SHAPED ENCLOSURES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0031702286     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539810201839     Document Type: Article

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