Natural convection flow of water near its density maximum in a rectangular enclosure having isothermal walls with heat generation

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-374

  Hossain, Md Anwar ^a   Rees, D A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; ISOTHERMS; KINEMATICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; STEADY FLOW; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; VISCOSITY;

FLUID DENSITY; HEAT ABSORPTION; ISOTHERMAL WALLS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 12344335371     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-004-0551-3     Document Type: Article

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