Experimental and numerical investigation of turbulent natural convection in a large air-filled cavity

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 824-832

  Salat, J ^a   Xin, S ^b   Joubert, Patrice ^c   Sergent, A ^b   Penot, F ^a   Le Quere P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UFR 919 Laboratoire d'Informatique Pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Differentially heated cavity; DNS and LES approaches; Experimental investigation; Turbulent natural convection

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES;

CHEBYSHEV SPECTRAL METHODS; CONVECTION FLOW; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETERS (LDA); RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 11244274230     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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