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Numerical study of natural convection on horizontal strips embedded in an vertical adiabatic substrate

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A full solution of two-dimensional Navier-Stokes and energy equation was conducted numerically to analyze the natural convection of the horizontal strip with an adiabatic substrate. The main features of such convection are: (i) the leading and trailing edge effect, (ii) the non-boundary layer effect, and (iii) the side edge effect. The results are compared with the boundary layer theory and experimental data.

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  1. Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China

    Xiao-Bo Wu & Zeng-Yuan Guo

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Wu, XB., Guo, ZY. Numerical study of natural convection on horizontal strips embedded in an vertical adiabatic substrate. J. of Therm. Sci. 5, 117–121 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-996-0008-8

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