Fin-tube junction effects on flow and heat transfer in flat tube multilouvered heat exchangers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2027-2038

  Tafti, D K ^a   Cui, J ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BULK VELOCITY;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

FIN; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0037400391     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(02)00509-4     Document Type: Article

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