Nusselt-Rayleigh correlations for design of industrial elements: Experimental and numerical investigation of natural convection in tilted square air filled enclosures

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 771-782

  Bairi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

2D natural convection; CFD; Experimental measurements; High Rayleigh numbers; Tilted square enclosures

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

2D NATURAL CONVECTION; TILTED SQUARE ENCLOSURES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

EID: 43049135544     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.07.030     Document Type: Article

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