The influence of baffles on the natural convection in trapezoidal cavities

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-145

  Fontana, Éliton ^a   Silva, Adriano Da ^b   Mariani, Viviana Cocco ^c   Marcondes, Francisco ^d  

^a Universidade Comunitaria Regional de Chapeco   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; INCLINED WALLS; ISOTHERMAL WALL; LAMINAR CONDITION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STEADY-STATE COMPUTATIONS; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; VERTICAL WALL;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77955131864     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2010.496673     Document Type: Article

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