Numerical and experimental study of steady state free convection generated by constant heat flux in tilted hemispherical cavities

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 355-365

  Bairi A ^a   Garcia De Maria J M ^b  

^a Université de Paris   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

CFD; Engineering applications; Experimental approach; Heat transfer; High; Natural convection; Rayleigh numbers; Tilted hemispherical cavities

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HEMISPHERICAL CAVITIES; HIGH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84881360125     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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