MHD natural convection in an enclosure from two semi-circular heaters on the bottom wall

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1844-1854

  Öztop, Hakan F ^a,b   Rahman, M M ^c,d   Ahsan, A ^e   Hasanuzzaman, M ^c   Saidur, R ^c   Al Salem, Khaled ^b   Rahim, N A ^c  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Heat transfer; Magnetohydrodynamics; Natural convection; Semi circular heater

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WALL; CAVITY WALL; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FIELD; FLAT SURFACES; GALERKIN; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HARTMANN NUMBERS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEMI-CIRCULAR HEATER; VERTICAL WALL; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

ENCLOSURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 84856350847     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.11.037     Document Type: Article

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