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Influence of thickness and wall thermal conductivity on heat transfer in laminar natural convection of air in a cubical cavity

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Results are presented for a numerical investigation of the influence of finite thermal conductivity and wall thickness on heat transfer in a vertical cavity of rectangular cross section. Theoretical formulas are obtained for determining the total heat flux.

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  1. A. V. Lykov Institute for Heat and Mass Exchange, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian SSR, Minsk

    L. B. Gdalevich, E. F. Nogotov & V. E. Fertman

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  1. L. B. Gdalevich
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  2. E. F. Nogotov
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 1130–1135, December, 1978.

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Gdalevich, L.B., Nogotov, E.F. & Fertman, V.E. Influence of thickness and wall thermal conductivity on heat transfer in laminar natural convection of air in a cubical cavity. Journal of Engineering Physics 35, 1507–1511 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01104862

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