Magnetohydrodynamic natural convection in a vertical cylindrical cavity with sinusoidal upper wall temperature

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 250-259

  Kakarantzas, S C ^a   Sarris, I E ^a,b   Grecos, A P ^a   Vlachos, N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Liquid metals; Magnetohydrodynamics; Natural convection; Sinusoidal wall temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CYLINDRICAL CAVITIES; CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; ENTIRE DOMAINS; HARTMANN NUMBERS; HORIZONTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATIONS; SINUSOIDAL WALL TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; WALL TEMPERATURES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 57049154489     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.06.035     Document Type: Article

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