Laminar flow heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of power-law fluids inside tubes with varying width twisted tape inserts

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 143-149

  Patil, A G ^a  

^a Bharti Vidyapith's Coll of Eng   (India)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Enhancement; Heat transfer; Laminar; Non Newtonian; Swirling

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; PIPE FLOW; POWER LAW FLUID; PRESSURE DROP; SWIRLING FLOW;

EID: 0034019380     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.521448     Document Type: Article

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