Natural convection and heat transfer in attics subject to periodic thermal forcing

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1899-1910

  Saha, Suvash C ^a   Patterson, John C ^b   Lei, Chengwang ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric flow; Natural convection; Nusselt number; Periodic condition; Stream lines

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC FLOW; ASYMMETRIC FLOWS; ATTIC SPACES; BASIC FLOW; CRITICAL VALUE; DIURNAL CYCLE; HEAT TRANSFER RATE; HEATING STAGE; NIGHT-TIME COOLING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PERIODIC CONDITIONS; PITCHFORK BIFURCATIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; STREAM LINES; TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY; THERMAL FORCING;

FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEATING; HYDRAULICS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955515661     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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