Transient natural convection in vertical channels symmetrically heated at uniform heat flux

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-431

  Andreozzi, Assunta ^a   Buonomo, Bernardo ^b   Manca, Oronzio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLOW SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRESSURE DROP; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX STRUCTURES; CONTROL VOLUME METHODS; ENERGY EQUATIONS; FLUID MOTIONS; FUNCTION OF TIME; NAVIER-STOKES; NUMERICAL TRANSIENT ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TRANSIENT NATURAL CONVECTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; UNIFORM GRIDS; UNIFORM HEAT FLUXES; VERTICAL CHANNELS; VERTICAL PARALLEL PLATES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 62349133963     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780902776512     Document Type: Article

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