Visualizing energy flows through energy streamlines and pathlines

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 19-20, 2007, Pages 3990-4002

  Mahmud, Shohel ^a   Fraser, Roydon Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FORCED CONVECTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ENERGY STREAMLINES; PATHLINE VISUALIZATION; STREAMFUNCTION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCED CONVECTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34248370875     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.01.032     Document Type: Article

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