Experimental and numerical study of the natural convection from a heated horizontal cylinder

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 731-738

  Atayilmaz, zgür ^a   Teke, Ismail ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CFD; Heat transfer; Horizontal cylinder; Natural convection

Indexed keywords

CFD; CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; CYLINDER SURFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HORIZONTAL CYLINDER; HORIZONTAL CYLINDERS; NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TWO CYLINDERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 67649218583     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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