Effects of thin fin on natural convection in porous triangular enclosures

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1033-1045

  Varol, Yasin ^a   Oztop, Hakan F ^b   Varol, Asaf ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Porous medium; Thin fin; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

DARCY MODEL; PASSIVE CONTROL ELEMENTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 34447639755     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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