Natural convection heat transfer in horizontal and vertical closed narrow enclosures with heated rectangular finned base plate

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 667-679

  Nada, S A ^a  

^a Benha High Institute of Technology   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Narrow enclosure; Rectangular fins array; Vertical and horizontal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT CONDUCTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

NARROW ENCLOSURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR FINS ARRAY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT CONDUCTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 33845310869     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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