A numerical study on buoyancy-driven flow in an inclined square enclosure heated and cooled on adjacent walls

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 585-599

  Aydin, Orhan ^a   Ünal, Ahmet ^a   Ayhan, Teoman ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ENCLOSURES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW;

RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0343962254     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899274589     Document Type: Article

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