Numerical study of natural convection dominated heat transfer in a ventilated cavity: Case of forced flow playing simultaneous assisting and opposing roles

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1174-1181

  Raji, A ^a   Hasnaoui, M ^b   Bahlaoui, A ^a  

^a SULTAN MOULAY SLIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Correlations; Heat transfer; Mixed convection; Numerical study; Ventilated cavity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOCONVERSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MIXED CONVECTION; NANOFLUIDICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; THERMOANALYSIS;

AND HEAT TRANSFER; BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; FORCED FLOWS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER (RA); REYNOLDS (CO); VENTILATED CAVITIES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 46449110903     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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