Numerical investigation of laminar natural convective heat transfer from a horizontal triangular cylinder to its concentric cylindrical enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 13-14, 2009, Pages 3176-3186

  Xu, Xu ^a   Sun, Gonggang ^a   Yu, Zitao ^b   Hu, Yacai ^b   Fan, Liwu ^c   Cen, Kefa ^d  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Inclination angle; Laminar flow; Natural convection; Numerical simulation; Triangular cylinder

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATIONS; COMPUTED FLOWS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFERS; CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURES; FINITE VOLUMES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HORIZONTAL ANNULUS; INCLINATION ANGLE; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RADIUS RATIOS; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; STREAM FUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE FIELDS; TRIANGULAR CYLINDER;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENCLOSURES; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORCED CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 64749098727     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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