Analysis of natural convection melting from a heated wall with vertically oriented fins

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 465-478

  Lacroix, M ^a   Benmadda, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; ENTHALPY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; KINEMATICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLIDIFICATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY;

FIXED GRID ENTHALPY METHOD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VERTICALLY ORIENTED FINS; MELTING POINT; NATURAL CONVECTION MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM);

NATURAL CONVECTION;

MELTING; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0031706914     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539810213241     Document Type: Article

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