A comprehensive heatline based approach for natural convection flows in trapezoidal enclosures: Effect of various walls heating

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1385-1404

  Basak, Tanmay ^a   Ramakrishna, D ^a   Roy, S ^a   Matta, Anjanna ^a   Pop, I ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Heatlines; Linear heating; Natural convection; Penalty finite element method; Trapezoidal cavity; Various angles

Indexed keywords

HEATLINES; LINEAR HEATING; PENALTY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; TRAPEZOIDAL CAVITY; VARIOUS ANGLES;

ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

WALL FLOW;

EID: 79956079708     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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