Investigation of turbulent heat transfer and fluid flow in longitudinal rectangular-fin arrays of different geometries and shrouded fin array

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 879-900

  El Sayed, Saad ^a   Mohamed, Shamloul M ^a   Abdel latif, Ahmed M ^a   Abouda, Abdel hamid E ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Forced convection heat transfer; Rectangular fin array; Shrouded fin array; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

FIN ARRAYS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FIN; FLUID FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0036821058     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1777(02)00159-0     Document Type: Article

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