Parametric study of unsteady flow and heat transfer in a pin-fin heat exchanger

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3815-3830

  Saha, A K ^a   Acharya, Sumanta ^a  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT EXCHANGERS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; UNSTEADY FLOW;

PIN-FIN HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FRICTION; HEAT EXCHANGER; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 0042842362     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00190-X     Document Type: Article

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