Dimensional analysis in heat transfer

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 471-473

  Dalton, T M ^a   Davies, M R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Natural convection; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; INSPECTIONAL ANALYSIS; SCALING;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0032636894     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2826002     Document Type: Article

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