Lattice Boltzmann simulation of natural convection around a horizontal elliptic cylinder inside a square enclosure

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1436-1442

  Bararnia, H ^a   Soleimani, Soheil ^a   Ganji, D D ^a  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Elliptic cylinder; Lattice Boltzmann method; Natural convection; Square enclosure

Indexed keywords

ELLIPTIC CYLINDER; INNER CYLINDER; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SQUARE ENCLOSURES; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; VERTICAL POSITIONS;

ENCLOSURES; NATURAL CONVECTION;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 81055155852     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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