Computation of buoyancy-driven flow in an eccentric centrifugal annulus with a non-orthogonal collocated finite volume algorithm

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-343

  Char, Ming I ^a   Hsu, Yuan Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; Finite volume algorithm; Mixed convection; Nusselt number

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUOYANCY; CONFINED FLOW; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOW; ECCENTRIC CENTRIFUGAL ANNULUS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ALGORITHM; BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; FINITE VOLUME TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID FLOW;

EID: 0032008069     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19980215)26:3<323::AID-FLD631>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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