Low turbulence natural convection in an air filled square cavity Part I: The thermal and fluid flow fields

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 849-866

  Tian, Y S ^a   Karayiannis, T G ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Temperature distribution; Velocity; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WALL FLOW;

AIR FILLED SQUARE CAVITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TWO DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITY; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0342577767     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00199-4     Document Type: Article

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