Conjugate natural convection in the roof cavity of heavy construction building during summer

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 287-298

  Ben Nakhi, Abdullatif ^a   Mahmoud, Mohamed A ^a  

^a Educational Shuwaikh   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Conjugate; Finite volume; Heavy construction building; Natural convection; Rectangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATE; HEAVY CONSTRUCTION BUILDING; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

ASPECT RATIO; ENCLOSURES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; LAMINAR FLOW;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33749685636     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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