Natural convection in a vertically divided square enclosure by a solid partition into air and water regions

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 5909-5921

  Oztop, Hakan F ^a   Varol, Yasin ^a   Koca, Ahmet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fluid; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Partition

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURES; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FLUIDS; GRASHOF NUMBER; HYDROPHILICITY; LOCATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; PARTITIONS (BUILDING);

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; ANALYTICAL TREATMENT; DECREASING FUNCTIONS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL WALLS; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; SQUARE ENCLOSURES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 72449124645     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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