Buoyancy driven vortex flow and thermal structures in a very low Reynolds number mixed convective gas flow through a horizontal channel

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-309

  Lin, Tsing Fa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY;

THERMAL STRUCTURES;

VORTEX FLOW;

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; CONVECTION; GAS-GAS MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 0037565257     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(03)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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