Natural-convection heat transfer in channels with isothermally heated convex surfaces

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1176-1194

  Lakkis, I ^a   Moukalled, F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW RATE; GRASHOF NUMBER; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

CONVEX SURFACES; INLET MASS FLOW RATES; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; RADII OF CURVATURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 38949125826     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780701852985     Document Type: Article

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