Numerical evaluation of weakly turbulent flow patterns of natural convection in a square enclosure with differentially heated side walls

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 551-568

  Niu, Jianlei ^a   Zhu, Zuojin ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VENTILATION;

RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 1942473088     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780490277879     Document Type: Article

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