Effectiveness of several turbulence models in natural convection

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 633-648

  Walsh, P C ^a   Leong, W H ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convection; Heat transfer; Modelling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

COORDINATES; EXPANSION RATE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CAVITATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 3242736369     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530410539955     Document Type: Article

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