Numerical study of natural convection in an open cavity considering temperature-dependent fluid properties

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2184-2197

  Juárez, José Octavio ^a   Hinojosa, Jesús Fernando ^a   Xamán, Jesús Perfecto ^b   Tello, Manuel Pérez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Open cavity; Temperature dependent fluid properties

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EQUATION; HEAT TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; HOT WALL; HYDRODYNAMIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; NU NUMBER; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPEN CAVITY; PRIMITIVE VARIABLES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT FLUID PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

FLUIDS;

EID: 80051892942     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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