Natural convection in rectangular tanks heated locally from below

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 14-16, 2004, Pages 3549-3563

  Sarris, I E ^a   Lekakis, I ^a   Vlachos, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; GLASS; HEATING; MELTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

FLOW CIRCULATION; FLUID TEMPERATURES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 2442534987     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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