A numerical study of unsteady natural convection induced by iso-flux surface cooling in a reservoir model

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 56-66

  Bednarz, Tomasz P ^a   Lei, Chengwang ^a   Patterson, John C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convective instability; Numerical simulations; Reservoir; Unsteady natural convection

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COOLING WATER; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

COASTAL REGIONS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLOW MECHANISMS; FLOW RESPONSES; FLUX SURFACES; HORIZONTAL EXCHANGES; HORIZONTAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; LINEAR RANGES; NUMERICAL DATUMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; NUMERICAL TESTS; PERTURBATION AMPLITUDES; RANDOM PERTURBATIONS; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR MODELS; TRANSIENT FLOWS; UNSTEADY NATURAL CONVECTION; UNSTEADY NATURAL CONVECTIONS; WATER BODIES; WATER DEPTHS; WATER SURFACES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 56949108395     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.06.029     Document Type: Article

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