Laminar natural convection in a fully partitioned enclosure containing fluid with nonlinear thermophysical properties

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 614-623

  Cuckovic Dzodzo, D M ^a   Dzodzo, M B ^b   Pavlovic, M D ^c  

^a Monroeville Branch   (Serbia)

^b WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Conductive partition; Cubic enclosure; Laminar natural convection; Thermophysical properties

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GLYCEROL; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033391498     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(99)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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