A numerical study of laminar natural convective heat transfer around a horizontal cylinder inside a concentric air-filled triangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 345-355

  Xu, Xu ^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

Circular cylinder; Horizontal triangular enclosure; Inclination angle; Laminar flow; Natural convection; Numerical simulation; Rhombic cylinder; Square cylinder

Indexed keywords

INCLINATION ANGLE; INCLINATION ANGLES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RHOMBIC CYLINDER; SQUARE CYLINDERS; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; ENCLOSURES; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 71749087285     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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