Numerical prediction of heat transfer in a channel with a built-in oval tube and various arrangements of the vortex generators

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-333

  Prabhakar, V ^a   Biswas, G ^a   Eswaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONDENSATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); HEAT EXCHANGERS; VORTEX FLOW;

OVAL TUBE; VORTEX GENERATORS; WINGLET PAIRS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0242415126     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/716100508     Document Type: Article

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