The effect of streamwise vortices on the frost growth rate in developing laminar channel flows

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3787-3802

  Jacobi, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

FROST GROWTH RATE; LAMINAR CHANNEL FLOW; STREAMWISE VORTICES;

VORTEX FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; FREEZING; LAMINAR FLOW; REFRIGERATION; VORTEX;

EID: 0344199838     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(99)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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