Natural convection heat transfer within octagonal enclosure

International Journal of Engineering, Transactions A: Basics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Saha, G ^a   Saha, S ^b   Hasan, M N ^c   Islam, Md Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Nusselt number; Octagonal enclosure; Penalty finite element; Rayleigh number

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; DISCRETIZATIONS; ENERGY EQUATION; FINITE ELEMENT; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLUID MEDIUM; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-RA; HORIZONTAL WALLS; INCLINED WALLS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; PRESSURE-VELOCITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TRIANGULAR MESHES; VERTICAL WALL;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77952968522     PISSN: 17281431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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