Heat transfer enhancement by a multilobe vortex generator in internally finned tubes

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-566

  Tsui, Yeng Yung ^a   Leu, Shiann Woei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT TRANSFER; INTERPOLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT; INTERNALLY FINNED TUBES; LINEAR INTERPOLATION METHOD; MULTILOBE VORTEX GENERATOR; PRESSURE LOSS; SECONDARY FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032672190     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899275155     Document Type: Article

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