Natural convection in tilted square cavities with differentially heated opposite walls

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-451

  Cianfrini, Claudio ^a   Corcione, Massimo ^a   Dell'Omo, Pier Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flow transitions; Multidirectional heat flows; Natural convection; Tilted square enclosures

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; FLOW TRANSITION; MULTIDIRECTIONAL HEAT FLOWS; TILTED SQUARE ENCLOSURES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 14844354845     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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