Natural convection in rectangular enclosures heated from one side and cooled from the ceiling

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2345-2355

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

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ISOTHERMAL HEATING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STREAM-VORTICITY EQUATION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

AIRFLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0344241990     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00319-6     Document Type: Article

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