Phase change process by natural convection-diffusion in rectangular enclosures

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-42

  Mbaye, M ^a,b   Bilgen, E ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ALCOA TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENCLOSURES; ENTHALPY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; NUSSELT NUMBER; PHASE INTERFACES;

RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0034980569     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310000095     Document Type: Article

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