Temperature and velocity field characteristics of turbulent natural convection in a vertical parallel-plate channel with asymmetric heating

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 707-719

  Yilmaz, Turgut ^a   Gilchrist, Alastair ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; HEATING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY CONTROL;

CHANNEL ASPECT RATIO; PARALLEL PLATE CHANNELS; TURBULENT NATURAL CONVECTION; WALL SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 34248184042     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-007-0234-y     Document Type: Article

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