Low-Prandtl number natural convection in volumetrically heated rectangular enclosures I. Slender cavity, AR = 4

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 3027-3051

  Di Piazza, Ivan ^a   Ciofalo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CAVITATION; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; WALL FLOW;

FRICTION COEFFICIENT; GRASHOF NUMBERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER;

EID: 0034111772     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00365-8     Document Type: Article

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