Unsteady natural convection in a triangular enclosure induced by surface cooling

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-321

  Lei, Chengwang ^a   Patterson, John C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convective instability; Natural convection; Scaling analysis; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; LAMINAR FLOW; SURFACE PHENOMENA; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER;

FLOW REGIMES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TRANSIENT FLOW; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; COOLING; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS;

EID: 13844318849     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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