Effects of buoyancy and orientation on the flow in a duct preceded with a double-step expansion

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2687-2695

  Tsui, Yeng Yung ^a   Shu, Sheu Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; DUCTS; HEATING; INTAKE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

DOUBLE-STEP EXPANSION; GRASHOF NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; DUCT; EXPANSION; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUE;

BUOYANCY; DUCTS; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032169921     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00342-6     Document Type: Article

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