A numerical and experimental analysis on the natural convective heat transfer of a small heating strip located on the floor of a square cavity

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Corvaro, F ^a   Paroncini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

2D PIV; Holographic interferometry; Natural convection; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HEATING STRIPS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 34848868733     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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