Heat transfer analysis of buoyancy-assisted mixed convection with asymmetric heating conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 41, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3255-3264

  Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Dutta, Sandip ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

BUOYANCY-ASSISTED MIXED CONVECTION;

MIXED CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0032211024     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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