Laminar free convection inside an inclined L-shaped enclosure

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 936-942

  Tasnim, Syeda Humaira ^a   Mahmud, Shohel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cavity; Finite volume; Natural convection; Nusselt number; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUOYANCY; CONFINED FLOW; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER;

BUOYANCY INDUCED FLOW; COLLOCATED VARIABLE ARRANGEMENT; INCLINED L-SHAPED ENCLOSURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ALGORITHMS; BUOYANCY; CONFINED FLOW; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

EID: 33749378781     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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