Heat and fluid flow resulting from the chimney effect in a symmetrically heated vertical channel with adiabatic extensions

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1101-1111

  Auletta, Antonio ^a   Manca, Oronzio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enhancement of heat transfer; Experimental analysis; Natural convection; Temperature measurements; Uniform heat flux; Vertical channel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889177     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(02)01396-0     Document Type: Article

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