Measurements and predictions of turbulent natural convection adjacent to backward-facing step

Journal of thermophysics and heat transfer

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 584-592

  Armaly, B F ^a,b   Li, A ^a   Abu Mulaweh, H I ^a,c   Chen, T S ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

BACKWARD-FACING STEP;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0034294121     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6561     Document Type: Article

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