Numerical study of oscillatory flow and heat transfer in a loaded thermoacoustic stack

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-65

  Worlikar, Aniruddha S ^a,b   Knio, Omar M ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Cape Simulations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENTHALPY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATIONS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

ENERGY FLUX DENSITY; MACH NUMBER; OSCILLATORY FLOW; THERMOACOUSTIC STACKS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0032737503     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077899275362     Document Type: Article

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