Entropy generation at the onset of natural convection

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3441-3450

  Magherbi, M ^a   Abbassi, H ^b   Brahim, A Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cavity; Entropy; Generation; Steady; Unsteady

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS;

ENTROPY;

CONVECTION; ENTROPY; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0038270569     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00133-9     Document Type: Article

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