Investigation of flow and heat transfer in corrugated passages - II. Numerical simulations

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-192

  Ciofalo, M ^a   Stasiek, J ^b   Collins, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GEOMETRY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE;

CORRUGATION GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; NUSSELT NUMBER MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRESSURE TAPPINGS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0029657577     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)85014-9     Document Type: Article

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