Secondary flow and enhancement of heat transfer in horizontal parallel-plate and convergent channels heating from below

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2629-2647

  Gau, C ^a   Liu, C W ^a   Huang, T M ^a   Aung, Win ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL PLUMES; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

CONVERGENT CHANNELS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; PARALLEL PLATES; SECONDARY FLOW;

EID: 0344780818     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00262-2     Document Type: Article

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