Effect of length and inclination of a thin fin on natural convection in a square enclosure

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-399

  Ben Nakhi, Abdullatif ^a,c   Chamkha, Ali J ^b  

^a Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^b MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

^c Mechanical Power and Refrigeration Department   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW;

SQUARE ENCLOSURE; TEMPERATURE CONTOURS; THIN-FIN INCLINATION ANGLE; VORTICITY-STREAM FUNCTION;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 63549125612     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780600619907     Document Type: Article

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