Analysis of laminar mixed convection in inclined semicircular ducts under buoyancy-assisted and -opposed conditions

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 527-544

  Busedra, A A ^a   Soliman, Hassan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; DUCTS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FRICTION FACTOR; GRASHOF NUMBER;

MIXED CONVECTION;

EID: 0033204941     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899274660     Document Type: Article

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