Finite element analysis of natural convection in a triangular enclosure: Effects of various thermal boundary conditions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2623-2640

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Thirumalesha, Ch ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Critical Rayleigh number; Linear heating; Natural convection; Penalty finite element method; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CRITICAL RAYLEIGH NUMBER; LINEAR HEATING; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33947668805     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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