Entropy generation for compressible natural convection with high gradient temperature in a square cavity

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1388-1395

  Alipanah, M ^a   Hasannasab, P ^a   Hosseinizadeh, S F ^a   Darbandi, M ^b  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compressible and incompressible; Entropy generation; Heat transfer; Natural convection; Square cavity

Indexed keywords

BEJAN NUMBER; COMPRESSIBLE AND INCOMPRESSIBLE; ENTROPY GENERATION; FLUID FRICTION; HIGH GRADIENT; LOCAL ENTROPY GENERATION; NATURAL CONVECTION FLOW; SIDE WALLS; SQUARE CAVITY; TEMPERATURE VALUES;

ENTROPY; GERMANIUM; HEAT TRANSFER; NATURAL CONVECTION;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EID: 77957853864     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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