Thermal convection around obstacles: The case of Sierpinski carpets

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-727

  Amine, A ^a   Platten, J K ^b   Hasnaoui, M ^c  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BRAGG CELLS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISCOSITY;

PLEXIGLASS BARS; SIERPINSKI CARPETS; THERMOREGULATED WATER;

HEAT CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 2442453780     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-003-0750-6     Document Type: Article

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