Cooling strategy by mixed convection of a discrete heater at its optimum position in a square cavity with ventilation ports

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-550

  Bilgen, E ^a   Muftuoglu, A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling strategy; Discrete heat source; Mixed convection; Optimum position; Square cavity

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT CONDUCTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VENTILATION;

CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; DISCRETE HEAT SOURCE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

MIXED CONVECTION;

COOLING; HEAT CONDUCTION; MIXED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VENTILATION;

EID: 41849087698     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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