Laminar natural convection in an air-filled square cavity with partitions on the top wall

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1759-1772

  Wu, W ^a   Ching, C Y ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laminar natural convection; Partition height and location; Square cavity

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BLOCKAGE EFFECTS; LAMINAR NATURAL CONVECTION; REAR SURFACES; RECIRCULATING FLOW; SQUARE CAVITY; VERTICAL WALL; WALL TEMPERATURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; NATURAL CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

PARTITIONS (BUILDING);

EID: 76749114785     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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