Analysis of natural convection heat transfer and entropy generation inside porous right-angled triangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 500-513

  Bhardwaj, Saurabh ^a   Dalal, Amaresh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Natural convection; Nusselt number; Porous media; Triangular enclosure; Undulation

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL DIFFERENCE SCHEME; ENTROPY GENERATION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUES; FUNCTION-VORTICITY; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; SINUSOIDAL TEMPERATURE; TRIANGULAR ENCLOSURE; UNDULATION;

ENCLOSURES; ENTROPY; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84880321933     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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