Control of laminar natural convection in differentially heated square enclosures using solid inserts at the corners

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3529-3537

  Costa, V A F ^a   Oliveira, M S A ^a   Sousa, A C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037523456     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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