Numerical analysis of natural convection heat transfer from rectangular shrouded fin arrays on a horizontal surface

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-311

  Yalcin, H G ^a   Baskaya, S ^a   Sivrioglu, M ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CFD; Fin; Natural convection; Shroud

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELLIPTIC GOVERNING EQUATIONS; RECTANGULAR SHROUDED FIN ARRAYS; STEADY-STATE HEAT TRANSFER;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 38949187162     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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