Numerical simulations of heat transfer in taylor-couette flow

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Kedia, R ^a   Hunt, M L ^a   Colonius, T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow instability; Numerical methods; Rotating flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; VORTEX FLOW;

GRASHOF NUMBER; INCOMPRESSIBLE TAYLOR COUETTE FLOW; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CONFINED FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

EID: 0032004665     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2830066     Document Type: Article

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