Unsteady heat transfer by natural convection in the cavity of a passive heating room

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1026-1042

  Kurtbaş, Irfan ^a   Durmuş, Aydin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Numerical solution; Passive heating; Solar energy; Variable heat flux

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLAR ENERGY;

PASSIVE HEATING ROOM; VARIABLE HEAT FLUX;

NUSSELT NUMBER;

EID: 43849095266     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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