CFD calculation of internal natural convection in the annulus between horizontal concentric cylinders

Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference

Volumn 2003, Issue , 2003, Pages 911-916

  Webb, Stephen W ^a   Itamura, Michael T ^a   Francis, Nicholas D ^a   James, Darryl L ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; DRIFT WALLS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 1842740465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht2003-47515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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