Natural convection flow in a vertical annulus with time-periodic thermal boundary conditions

This paper presents an analytical solution for natural convection flow in a vertical annulus due to time-periodic heating of annulus surfaces. Closed-form expressions for velocity, temperature, skin-friction, mass flow rate and rate of heat transfer which is expressed as Nusselt number are obtained...

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Main Authors: BasantK. Jha, MichaelO. Oni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-03-01
Series:Propulsion and Power Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212540X18300749