Visualization of heat transport during natural convection within porous triangular cavities via heatline approach

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 431-452

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Roy, S ^a   Ramakrishna, D ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL RAYLEIGH NUMBER; DARCY NUMBER; DOMINANT MODE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGHER PRANDTL NUMBER; INCLINED WALLS; NONDIMENSIONAL; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TRIANGULAR CAVITIES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ISOTHERMS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; VISUALIZATION; WALL FLOW;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 77951242593     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780903507866     Document Type: Article

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