Natural convection in a horizontal cylindrical annulus using porous fins

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 618-634

  Kiwan, S ^a   Zeitoun, O ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Convection; Finite volume methods; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; NANOFLUIDICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; BRINKMAN EQUATIONS; BUOYANCY EFFECTS; CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; CONDUCTIVITY RATIO; DARCY NUMBER (DA); ENERGY EQUATION (EE); FINITE VOLUME CODES; FLUID FLOWING; HEAT TRANSFER RATES; INNER CYLINDERS; MODEL EQUATIONS; POROUS MEDIUMS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER (RA);

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 45749106359     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530810879747     Document Type: Article

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