Finite element analysis of natural convection flow in a isosceles triangular enclosure due to uniform and non-uniform heating at the side walls

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 4496-4505

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Krishna Babu, S ^a   Balakrishnan, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CHANNEL FLOW; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; BOTTOM WALL; CASE II; CONVECTION FLOWS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA); INCLINED WALLS; ISOSCELES TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NON-UNIFORM HEATING; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; QUADRATIC ELEMENTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS (RA); SIDE WALLS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EID: 47349133535     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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