Finite element simulations of natural convection flow in an isosceles triangular enclosure filled with a porous medium: Effects of various thermal boundary conditions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2733-2741

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Babu, S Krishna ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Critical Rayleigh number; Linear heating; Natural convection; Penalty finite element method; Porous matrix; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CRITICAL RAYLEIGH NUMBER; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POROUS MATRIX; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 42149126039     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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