Mixed convection adjacent to 3-D backward-facing step

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-T, Issue , 2000, Pages 51-58

  Li, A ^a   Armaly, B F ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUOYANCY; DUCTS; FACINGS; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; GRASHOF NUMBER; HEAT FLUX; MIXED CONVECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; BACKWARD FACING-STEP; BACKWARD- FACING STEP; BUOYANCY FORCES; DOWN-STREAM; DUCT GEOMETRIES; FLOW REGIONS; RECTANGULAR DUCTS; REYNOLD NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

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EID: 85119846347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-1420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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