Finite element simulation on natural convection flow in a triangular enclosure due to uniform and nonuniform bottom heating

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Roy, S ^a   Basak, Tanmay ^a   Thirumalesha, Ch ^a   Krishna, Ch Murali ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Non uniform heating; Penalty finite element method; Triangular enclosure

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING RATE; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

BIQUADRATIC ELEMENT; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING RATE; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

EID: 42649102956     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2804934     Document Type: Article

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