Finite element simulation of hydromagnetic convective flow in an obstructed cavity

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 625-632

  Nasrin, Rehena ^a  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cavity; Free convection; Hydromagnetic; Joule heating and finite element simulation; Obstacle

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; CONVECTIVE FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; FREE CONVECTION; GALERKIN; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HARTMANN NUMBERS; HYDROMAGNETIC; NATURAL CONVECTIVE FLOW; OBSTACLE; SQUARE CAVITY; TEMPERATURE FIELD; VERTICAL SURFACE; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; JOULE HEATING; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRANDTL NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79954630868     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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