Numerical solution for laminar mixed convection in a horizontal annular duct: Temperature-dependent viscosity effect

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 849-864

  Nouar, C ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Annular duct; Mixed convection; Numerical calculation; Variable viscosity

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DUCTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; NEWTONIAN FLOW; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

CONTINUITY EQUATION; HORIZONTAL ANNULAR DUCT; PRANDTL AND BOUSSINESQ HYPOTHESIS; SECONDARY FLOW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY EFFECTS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

CONVECTION; DUCT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY EFFECT;

EID: 0033560470     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19990415)29:7<849::AID-FLD820>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. B.R. Morton, 'Laminar convection in uniformly heated horizontal pipes at low Rayleigh numbers', Q. J. Mech. Appl. Mech., 12, 410-420 (1959).
2. A. Mojtabi and J.P. Caltagirone, 'Analyse du transfert de chaleur en convection mixte laminaire entre deux cylindres coaxiaux horizontaux', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 23, 1369-1375 (1980).
3. A.O. Nieckele and S.V. Patankar, 'Laminar mixed convection in a concentric annuli with horizontal axis', J. Heat Transf. ASME, 107, 902-909 (1985).
4. S. Kotake and N. Hattori, 'Combined forced and free convection heat transfer for fully developed laminar flow in horizontal annuli', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 28, 2113-2120 (1985).
5. M. Ciampi, S. Faggiani, W. Grassi, F.P. Incropera and G. Tuoni, 'Experimental study of mixed convection in horizontal annuli for low Reynolds numbers', 8th Int. Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1986, pp. 1413-1418.
6. O. Thermina, A. Mojtabi and B. Roux, 'A numerical procedure for three-dimensional mixed convection developing flows in an axisymetric geometry', Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids, 11, 21-38 (1992).
7. S.W. Hong and A.E. Bergles, 'Theoretical solutions for combined forced and free convection in horizontal tubes with temperature-dependent viscosity', J. Heat Transf. ASME, 459-465 (1976).
8. F.C. Chou and C.W. Tung, 'The mechanism of heat transfer enhancement for mineral oil in 2:1 rectangular ducts', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 38, 2863-2871 (1995).
9. S.D. Deshpande and D.B. Bishop, 'Heat transfer to non-Newtonian liquids flowing through tubes', Chem. Eng. Comm., 52, 339-354 (1987).
10. B. Shome and M.K. Jensen, 'Mixed convection laminar flow and heat transfer of liquids in isothermal horizontal circular ducts', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 38, 1945-1956 (1995).
11. L.S. Yao, 'Entry flow in a heated straight tube', J. Fluid. Mech., 88, 465-483 (1978).
12. S.V. Patankar and D.B. Spalding, 'A calculation for heat, mass and momentum transfer in three-dimensional parabolic flows', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 15, 1787-1806 (1972).
13. W.R. Briley, 'Numerical method for predicting three-dimensional steady viscous flows in ducts', J. Comp. Phys., 14, 8-28 (1974).
14. P.M. Worsoe-Schmidt, 'Heat transfer in the thermal entrance region of circular tubes and annular passages with fully developed laminar flow', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 10, 541-551 (1966).
15. C. Abid, F. Papini, A. Ropke and D. Veyret, 'Etude de la convection mixte dans un conduit cylindrique. Approches analytique/numérique et détermination expérimentale de la température de paroi par thermographie infrarouge', Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., 37, 91-101 (1994).