Finite element simulation of natural convection within porous trapezoidal enclosures for various inclination angles: Effect of various wall heating

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 4135-4150

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Singh, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Linear heating; Natural convection; Penalty finite element method; Porous medium; Trapezoidal cavity; Various angles

Indexed keywords

LINEAR HEATING; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY; VARIOUS ANGLES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENCLOSURES; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; WALL FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67650245846     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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