Numerical investigation of natural convection inside a wavy enclosure

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 397-406

  Das, Prodip Kumar ^a,c   Mahmud, Shohel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Amplitude wavelength ratio; Bi cellular; Heat transfer; Multi cellular; Natural convection; Wavy enclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037378217     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1290-0729(02)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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