Laminar natural convection in saltbox roofs for both summerlike and winterlike boundary conditions

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2617-2622

  Varol, Yasin ^a   Koca, Ahmet ^b   Oztop, Hakan F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Saltbox roof

Indexed keywords

GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INCLINATION ANGLES; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; SUCCESSIVE-UNDER-RELAXATION; TRAPEZOIDAL GEOMETRY; TRIANGLE GEOMETRY; VERTICAL WALL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ROOFS;

EID: 33845253329     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.2617.2622     Document Type: Article

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