An experimental study of flow and heat transfer in sinusoidal wavy passages

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1541-1553

  Rush, T A ^a   Newell, T A ^a   Jacobi, A M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WALL FLOW;

MACROSCOPIC MIXING; SINUSOIDAL WAVY PASSAGES;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING;

FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING;

EID: 0345552207     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(98)00264-6     Document Type: Article

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