Transient natural convection heat transfer of fluids with variable viscosity between concentric and vertically eccentric spheres

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1685-1700

  Wu, Horng Wen ^a   Tsai, Wen Ching ^a   Chou, Huann Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; SPHERES; VISCOSITY;

ECCENTRICITY MEASUREMENT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FLOW PATTERN; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TRANSIENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1642480856     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2003.10.018     Document Type: Article

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