Numerical simulation on heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of arrays with nonuniform plate length positioned obliquely to the flow direction

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 991-998

  Wang, L B ^a   Jiang, G D ^b   Tao, W Q ^a   Ozoe, H ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Augmentation and Enhancement; Forced convection; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

BODY FITTED COORDINATE SYSTEM; MULTISURFACE METHOD;

ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FIN; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 0032216283     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2825920     Document Type: Article

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