Effect of Inlet Geometry and Heating on the Fully Developed Friction Factor in the Transition Region of a Horizontal Tube

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-64

  Tam, Lap Mou ^a,b   Ghajar, Afshin J ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Circular tube; Friction factor; Isothermal; Nonisothermal; Transition region; Uniform wall heat flux

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; INTAKE SYSTEMS; ISOTHERMS; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISCOSITY;

FRICTION FACTOR; GRASHOF NUMBER; INLET GEOMETRY; NONISOTHERMAL FLOW; PRESSURE DROP MEASUREMENT; TRANSITION REGION;

FRICTION;

EID: 0031186984     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(97)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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