Heat flow visualization for natural convection in rhombic enclosures due to isothermal and non-isothermal heating at the bottom wall

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1325-1342

  Anandalakshmi, R ^a   Basak, Tanmay ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Heatlines; Isothermal and non isothermal heating; Natural convection; Rayleigh number; Rhombic cavities; Streamlines

Indexed keywords

HEATLINES; NONISOTHERMAL; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RHOMBIC CAVITIES; STREAMLINES;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ENCLOSURES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

HEATING;

EID: 82955195924     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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