Study of natural convection heat transfer in a finned horizontal fluid layer

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-52

  Arquis, Eric ^a   Rady, Mohamed ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Benha High Institute of Technology   (Egypt)

^c Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Fins; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Rayleigh B nard

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION CELLS; EFFECTIVENESS; FIN ARRAYS; RAYLEIGH-BENARD;

HEAT TRANSFER; KINEMATICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER; RAYLEIGH FADING; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 6344294888     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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