Natural convection heat transfer in partially open inclined square cavities

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1470-1479

  Bilgen, E ^a   Oztop, H ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inclined cavity; Natural convection; Partially open cavity

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ADIABATIC WALLS; APERTURE SIZE; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 14644414157     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.10.020     Document Type: Article

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