Experimental investigation of turbulent natural convection flow in a channel

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-177

  Ayinde, T F ^a   Said, S A M ^a   Habib, M A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Experimental investigation; Natural convection; PIV; Vertical channel

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION; PIV; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 28044458764     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-005-0017-2     Document Type: Article

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