Entropy generation in laminar natural convection from a constant temperature vertical plate in an infinite fluid

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 609-616

  Ozkol, I ^a   Komurgoz, Guven ^a   Arikoglu, A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Entropy generation; Irreversibility; Laminar natural convection

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

BEJAN NUMBER; ENTROPY GENERATION; FLUID FRICTION; INFINITE FLUID; IRREVERSIBILITY; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ENTROPY; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34848911946     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE352     Document Type: Article

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