Numerical simulation of the effects of plate separation and inclination on heat transfer in buoyancy driven open channels

Warme- und Stoffubertragung Zeitschrift

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-280

  Baskaya, S ^a   Aktas, M K ^a   Onur, N ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN OPEN CHANNELS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0345476310     PISSN: 00429929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002310050324     Document Type: Article

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