Heat transfer by forced convection in pipes packed with porous media whose matrices are composed of spheres

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3931-3947

  Varahasamy, M ^a   Fand, R M ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISPERSIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; HEAT CONVECTION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; PIPE; POROSITY; SPHERES; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CORRELATION EQUATIONS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PACKING PIPES; WALL EFFECT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0030527755     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0017-9310(96)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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