Laminar natural convection in right triangular enclosures

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-200

  Fuad Kent, E ^a   Asmaz, E ^a   Ozerbay, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER;

CIRCULAR ENCLOSURES; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 35348844573     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-007-0239-6     Document Type: Article

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