Application of GDQ Method for Study of Mixed Convection in Horizontal Eccentric Annuli

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-79

  Lee, T S ^a   Hu, G S ^a   Shu, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Eccentricity; GDQ; Mixed convection; Net circulation; Nusselt number

Indexed keywords

ECCENTRICITY; GENERALIZED DIFFERENTIAL-INTEGRAL QUADRATURE (GDQ); MIXED CONVECTIONS; NET CIRCULATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BUOYANCY; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); INTEGRATION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 0742284366     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1061856021000048756     Document Type: Article

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