Conjugate natural convection heat transfer in an inclined square cavity containing a conducting block

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 25-26, 2006, Pages 4987-5000

  Manab Kumar Das, ^a   Reddy, K Saran Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Conjugate heat transfer; Natural convection; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ISOTHERMS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; HARMONIC MEAN; SQUARE BLOCK;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

EID: 33750362699     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.05.041     Document Type: Article

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