Effect of using porous inserts on natural convection heat transfer between two concentric vertical cylinders

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 870-889

  Kiwan, Suhil ^a   Alzahrany, Mohammed Sabty ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CONCENTRIC VERTICAL CYLINDERS; FINITE VOLUME CODES; POROUS INSERTS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 37249019653     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780701715869     Document Type: Article

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