Numerical prediction of turbulent mixed convection in a concentric horizontal rotating annulus with low-Re two-equation models

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1633-1643

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

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY OF GASES;

HORIZONTAL CONCENTRIC ANNULUS;

MIXED CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0032103466     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00304-9     Document Type: Article

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