Numerical investigation of natural convection in a partitioned rectangular enclosure

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 975-997

  Sankhavara, C D ^a   Shukla, H J ^b  

^a VVP Engineering College   (India)

^b M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ISOTHERMAL WALLS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 33845783750     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780600671643     Document Type: Article

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