Couette flow heat loss model for the rotary combustion engine

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 587-596

  Gorla, R S R ^a,b   Bartrand, T A ^c  

^a ASME

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c Ohio University   (United States)

Author keywords

Couette flow; Heat transfer; Rotary combustion engine; Squish effects

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COUETTE FLOW; SQUISH EFFECTS;

ROTARY ENGINES;

COUETTE FLOW; ENGINES-ROTARY; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0030439204     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1996_210_233_02     Document Type: Article

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