Temperature dependent fluid properties effects on the heat function formulation of natural convective flow and heat transfer

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-260

  Waheed, M Adekojo ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Convection; Fluids; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

FLUID PROPERTIES; HEAT FUNCTION; NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW; VORTICITY TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 33644531336     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530610644299     Document Type: Article

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