Flow transition in a multilouvered fin array

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 901-919

  Tafti, D K ^a   Wang, G ^a   Lin, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY; STEADY FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAKES;

KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ TYPE INSTABILITIES; MULTILOUVERED FIN ARRAY;

TRANSITION FLOW;

FIN; FLOW ANALYSIS; HEAT EXCHANGER; INSTABILITY;

EID: 0034635075     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00190-8     Document Type: Article

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