Heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of laminar flow past an open cavity with heating from below

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-15

  Stiriba, Y ^a   Ferre J A ^a   Grau, F X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Mixed convection; Open ended cavity; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER BY CONVECTIONS; MIXED CONVECTIVE FLOW; OPEN-ENDED CAVITY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION; RECIRCULATING FLOW; UNSTEADY BEHAVIORS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84875804883     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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