Effect of an external magnetic field on the 3-D unsteady natural convection in a cubical enclosure

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1003-1021

  Kolsi, L ^a   Abidi, A ^a   Borjini, M N ^a,b   Daous, N ^a   Aïssia, H Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ENCLOSURES; HEAT TREATMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VORTEX FLOW;

CUBICAL ENCLOSURES; ISOTHERMAL WALLS; LAMINARIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL MOTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 34248531534     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790601184462     Document Type: Article

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