Turbulent natural convection in a vertical parallel-plate channel with asymmetric heating

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 2612-2623

  Yilmaz, Turgut ^a   Fraser, Simon M ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel; Convection; Experimental; Natural; Turbulent; Vertical

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

INDUCED FLOW RATE; LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETER (LDA); TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CHANNEL FLOW; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33947718406     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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