Buoyancy-driven convection of water near its density maximum with partially active vertical walls

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 942-948

  Kandaswamy, P ^a   Sivasankaran, S ^a   Nithyadevi, N ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Density maximum; Partially active walls; Square cavity; Transient convection

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

DENSITY MAXIMUM; PARTIALLY ACTIVE WALLS; SQUARE CAVITIES; TRANSIENT CONVECTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

EID: 33846634640     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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