Suppressing Rayleigh-Benard convection in a cube using a strong magnetic field - Experimental heat transfer rate measurements and flow visualization

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-102

  Bednarz, Tomasz P ^a   Lei, Chengwang ^a   Patterson, John C ^a   Ozoe, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat transfer rate; Magnetic convection; Magnetic fluid; Nusselt number; Paramagnetic fluid

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GADOLINIUM; GLYCEROL; GRAVITATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRATION OF; CUBIC ENCLOSURES; EXPERIMENTAL HEAT TRANSFERS; GADOLINIUM NITRATES; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; MAGNETIC CONVECTION; MAGNETIC FLUID; MAGNETIC FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; MAGNETIC INDUCTIONS; PARAMAGNETIC FLUID; RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTIONS; STABLE STRATIFICATIONS; STEADY AND TRANSIENT STATE; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 59649094971     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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