Heat transfer enhancement generated by the chimney effect in systems of vertical channels

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 230-232

  Shahin, G A ^a   Floryan, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural convection

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BUOYANCY; CHIMNEYS; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMETRY; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; VISCOSITY;

CHIMNEY EFFECT; GRASHOF NUMBER; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0033076371     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2825955     Document Type: Article

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