On the natural convection of water near its density inversion in an inclined square cavity

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 47, Issue 19-20, 2004, Pages 4491-4495

  Osorio, A ^a   Avila, R ^b   Cervantes, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE VERACRUZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Inclined square cavity; Natural convection; Spectral methods; Water density inversion

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

INCLINED SQUARE CAVITY; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHODS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CHANNEL; CHANNEL FLOW; CONVECTION; WATER;

EID: 3242688139     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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