Heat transfer analysis of stratified flow in rotating heat pipes with cylindrical and stepped walls

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4393-4404

  Lin, Lanchao ^a   Faghri, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT PIPES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FROUDE NUMBER; GALILEO NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER;

HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING; PIPES; STRATIFIED FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING; PIPES; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0031282385     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(97)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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