Experimental study of unsteady thermal convection in heated rotating inclined cylinders

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3359-3370

  Lin, David ^a   Yan, Wei Mon ^a  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ROTATIONAL FLOW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CORIOLIS FORCE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; CONVECTION; CORIOLIS FORCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033928144     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00380-4     Document Type: Article

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