Experimental investigation of the laminar flow heat transfer enhancement in a small-scale square duct with aqueous carbopol solutions

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 555-561

  Lin, Cheng Xian ^a   Ko, Shao Yen ^a   Tsou, F K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentation and Enhancement; Forced convection; Non Newtonian Flows and Systems

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS;

EID: 0030479118     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2822667     Document Type: Article

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