A numerical study of natural convection around a square, horizontal, heated cylinder placed in an enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 4608-4623

  Kumar De, Arnab ^a   Dalal, Amaresh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Heatlines; Natural convection; Square cylinder; Uniform heat flux; Uniform wall temperature

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENCLOSURES; HEAT FLUX; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HEATLINES; SQUARE CYLINDER; UNIFORM HEAT FLUX; UNIFORM WALL TEMPERATURES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENCLOSURES; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33746893382     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.04.020     Document Type: Article

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