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Unsteady natural convection in a triangular enclosure

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This paper investigates the finite-difference solution of the unsteady problem of natural convection in a triangular enclosure based on the use of physical variables: velocity components, pressure, and temperature.

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    Yu. E. Karyakin & Yu. A. Sokovishin

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Uekhanika Shidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 169–173, September–October, 1985.

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Karyakin, Y.E., Sokovishin, Y.A. Unsteady natural convection in a triangular enclosure. Fluid Dyn 20, 811–815 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050098

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