Fluid flow and mass transfer in a sinusoidal wavy-walled tube at moderate Reynolds numbers

Heat Transfer - Asian Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 650-661

  Nishimura, Tatsuo ^a   Bian, Yongning ^b   Kunitsugu, Koji ^a   Morega, Alexandru M ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Electrochemical method; Flow transition; Flow visualization; Fluid mechanics; Mass transfer; Wavy walled tube

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSITION FLOW; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW; WALL FLOW;

FLOW REGIMES;

MASS TRANSFER;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUE; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0344099476     PISSN: 10992871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/htj.10121     Document Type: Article

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