Natural convection in a vertical rectangular cavity filled with a non-newtonian power law fluid and subjected to a horizontal temperature gradient

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 969-990

  Lamsaadi, M ^a   Naimi, M ^a   Hasnaoui, M ^b   Mamou, M ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PARALLEL FLOW; RECTANGULAR CAVITY; TEMPERATURE FIELDS;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 33745003440     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780500324988     Document Type: Article

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