Boundary-fitted co-ordinates for the asymptotic friction factors and Nusselt numbers of laminar flows inside straight ducts with irregular, singly connected cross-sections

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Campo, Antonio ^a   Morales, Juan C ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary fitted co ordinate systems; Temperature; Velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DUCTS; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BOUNDARY-FITTED CO-ORDINATE SYSTEMS; CONTROL VOLUME DISCRETIZATION; ENERGY EQUATIONS; BOUNDARY FITTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS; GRID SIZES;

LAMINAR FLOW;

FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; DUCTS;

EID: 0030237109     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539610131307     Document Type: Article

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