Interactive free convection from a pair of vertical tube-arrays at moderate Rayleigh numbers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 1061-1074

  Corcione, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Correlating equations; Free convection; Mutual interactions; Numerical analysis; Vertical arrays of horizontal cylinders

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL CYLINDERS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; VERTICAL ARRAYS;

HEAT PIPES;

CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846581935     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.07.034     Document Type: Article

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