Unsteady mixed convection in a horizontal channel with rectangular blocks periodically distributed on its lower wall

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 726-735

  Najam, M ^a   Amahmid, A ^b   Hasnaoui, M ^b   El Alami, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Heated blocks; Horizontal channel; Numerical method; Periodic conditions; Unsteady mixed convection

Indexed keywords

CELLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NATURAL CONVECTION CELLS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 0042284888     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(03)00063-8     Document Type: Article

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