Numerical investigation on mixed convection flow in a trapezoidal cavity heated from below

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3205-3210

  Tmartnhad, Ilham ^a   El Alami, Mustapha ^b   Najam, Mostafa ^b   Oubarra, Abdelaziz ^a  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Groupe de Thermique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Mixed convection; Numerical study; Opening site; Tilted wall; Trapezoidal cavity

Indexed keywords

MIXED CONVECTION; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; MIXED CONVECTION FLOW; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDY; OPENING SITE; PRESSURE-VELOCITY COUPLING; TILTED WALL; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 53149113752     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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