Natural convection in a large, inclined channel with asymmetric heating and surface radiation

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 812-820

  Cadafalch, J ^a   Oliva, A ^a   van der Graaf, G ^a   Albets, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Radiation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION;

ISOTHERMAL PLATES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUID FLOW; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NATURAL CONVECTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 0242349597     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1571845     Document Type: Article

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