Effect of temperature dependent properties on natural convection of water near its density maximum in enclosures

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-523

  Sivasankaran, S ^a   Ho, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POLYNOMIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

DENSITY MAXIMUM; GRID POINTS; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT PROPERTIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 36048943575     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780701678356     Document Type: Article

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