Natural convection in a differentially heated enclosure filled with a micropolar fluid

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 963-969

  Aydin, Orhan ^a   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Enclosure; Material parameter; Micropolar fluid; Natural convection; Prandtl number; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PRANDTL NUMBER;

HORIZONTAL WALLS; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MICROPOLAR FLUIDS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 34547122018     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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