Parametric study of mixed convection in channels with concave and convex surfaces

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1947-1963

  Moukalled, F ^a   Doughan, A ^a   Acharya, S ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW CROSS SECTIONS; GRASHOFF NUMBER;

MIXED CONVECTION;

CHANNEL; CONVECTION; FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0343618766     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00269-0     Document Type: Article

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