Experimental-based correlations for the characterization of free convection of air inside isosceles triangular cavities with variable apex angles

Experimental Heat Transfer

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Ridouane, El Hassan ^a   Campo, Antonio ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; CEILINGS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROOFS;

AIRFLOW; ATTICE SPACE; LAMINAR-FREE CONVECTION; TRIANGULAR CAVITIES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 17044390723     PISSN: 08916152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916150590914723     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. ASHRAE Handbook 2002, Atlanta, GA, 2002.
2. R. D. Flack. Velocity Measurements In Two Natural Convection Air Flows Using A Laser Velocimeter, ASME J. Heat Transfer, vol. 101, pp. 256-260, 1979.
3. R. D. Flack. The Experimental Measurement of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Triangular Enclosures Heated or Cooled from Below, ASME J. Heat Transfer, vol. 102, pp. 770-772, 1980.
4. G. A. Holtzmann, R. W. Hill, and K. S. Ball. Laminar Natural Convection in Isosceles Triangular Enclosures Heated from Below and Symmetrically Cooled from Above, ASME J. Heat Transfer, vol. 122, pp. 485-491, 2000.
5. K. T. Yang. Natural Convection in Enclosures, in Handbook of Single-Phase Heat Transfer, S. Kakac et al. (eds.), John Wiley, New York, 1987, Ch. 13.
6. G. D. Raithby and K. G. T. Hollands. Natural Convection, in Handbook of Heat Transfer, 3rd ed., W. M. Rohsenow et al. (eds.), McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998, Ch. 4.
7. Y. Jaluria. Natural Convection, in Heat Transfer Handbook, A. Bejan and A. D. Krauss (eds.), John Wiley, New York, 2003, Ch. 7.