Heatline method for the visualization of natural convection in a complicated cavity

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 263-272

  Dalal, Amaresh ^a   Das, Manab Kumar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Complex geometry; Heatfunction; Laminar flow; Natural convection; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPLEX GEOMETRY; HEATFUNCTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 36849045285     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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