Parallel computations of radiative heat transfer using the discrete ordinates method

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-38

  Krishnamoorthy, Gautham ^a   Rawat, Rajesh ^a   Smith, Philip J ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTATIONAL CELLS; DISCRETE ORDINATES METHOD; ENERGY DOMAINS; OPTICAL THICKNESS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 13844266259     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790490487451     Document Type: Article

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