Stabilization of buoyancy-driven unstable vortex flow in mixed convection of air in a rectangular duct by tapering its top plate

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-65

  Tseng, W S ^a   Lin, W L ^a   Yin, C P ^a   Lin, C L ^a   Lin, T F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Mixed convection; Vortex

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; RECTANGULAR SHAFT; STABILIZED FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0034025156     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.521437     Document Type: Article

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