Natural convection from narrow horizontal plates at moderate Rayleigh numbers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2389-2402

  Martorell, Ingrid ^a   Herrero, Joan ^a   Grau, Francesc X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Natural convection; Plate

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC HEATING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SEMI-INFINITE PLATES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PLATE;

EID: 0037992683     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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