Unsteady free convection from elliptic cylinders at large Grashof numbers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 5940-5953

  D'Alessio, S J D ^a   Perera, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Boussinesq; Elliptic cylinder; Incompressible; Spectral finite differences; Viscous

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION;

BOUSSINESQ; ELLIPTIC CYLINDER; INCOMPRESSIBLE; SPECTRAL-FINITE DIFFERENCES; VISCOUS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 78751672432     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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