Passive heat transfer augmentation in a cylindrical annulus utilizing multiple perturbations on the inner and outer cylinders

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-586

  Iyer, S V ^a   Vafai, K ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; GALERKIN METHODS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

MULTIPLE GEOMETRIC PERTURBATIONS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0032639429     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899275047     Document Type: Article

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