Experimental Study of Turbulent Flow Inside a Circular Tube with Longitudinal Interrupted Fins in the Streamwise Direction

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

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

  El Sayed, Saad A ^a,d   El Sayed, Sayed A ^a   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed E ^b   Sadoun, Mohamed M ^c  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Technical Res Ctr for Armed Forces   (Egypt)

^c El Canal Electricity Zone   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Internal flow; Interrupted and continuous fins; Pressure drop and friction factor; Turbulent; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

AIR; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VELOCITY;

INTERNAL FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

FINS; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031193596     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(96)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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