Numerical investigation of natural convection around isothermal horizontal rectangular ducts

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-204

  Zeitoun, O ^a   Ali, Mohamed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; NUSSELT NUMBER; RAYLEIGH FADING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT TRANSFER DATA; ISOTHERMAL HORIZONTAL RECTANGULAR DUCTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REVERSE FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33746382296     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780600604958     Document Type: Article

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