Buoyancy-induced flow and heat transfer in a partially divided square enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 3818-3828

  AlAmiri, Abdalla ^a   Khanafer, Khalil ^b   Pop, Ioan ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cavity; Isothermal Heater; Natural convection; Numerical

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY-INDUCED FLOWS; CAVITY; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; GEOMETRICAL DIMENSIONS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; ISOTHERMAL HEATER; NUMERICAL; NUMERICAL CODES; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS; SQUARE ENCLOSURES; SURFACE AREAS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; ENCLOSURES; GALERKIN METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 65549140095     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.01.043     Document Type: Article

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