Numerical investigation of laminar and turbulent mixed convection in a shallow water-filled enclosure by various turbulence methods

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4826-4838

  Safaei, Mohammad Reza ^a   Goshayeshi, Hamid Reza ^a   Razavi, Behzad Saeedi ^b   Goodarzi, Marjan ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Institute of Standard and Industrial Research of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boussinesq approximation; Mixed convection heat transfer; Reynolds stress; Richardson number; Turbulent intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054019654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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