Numerical prediction of flow and heat transfer in a rectangular channel with a built-in circular tube

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-421

  Tiwari, S ^a   Biswas, G ^a   Prasad, P L N ^a   Basu, Sudipta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Heat exchangers; Heat transfer; Tubes; Unsteady; Vortex

Indexed keywords

DUCTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FLOW STRUCTURE;

HEAT TRANSFER;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUID FLOW; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; VORTEX;

EID: 0037669072     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1571087     Document Type: Article

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