Computational study of turbulent forced convection flow in a square cavity with ventilation ports

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 954-969

  Sourtiji, E ^a   Hosseinizadeh, S F ^a   Gorji Bandpy, M ^a   Khodadadi, J M ^b  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST POSITION; BOTTOM WALL; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; INLET PORTS; MAXIMUM HEAT TRANSFER; MINIMUM PRESSURE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OUTLET PORT; SQUARE CAVITY; TURBULENT FORCED CONVECTION; WITH INLETS;

FORCED CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPECIFIC HEAT;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 79958789804     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2011.582406     Document Type: Article

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