Flow phenomena in a channel with different shaped obstructions at the entrance

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 391-408

  Kabir, M A ^a   Khan, M M K ^a   Bhuiyan, M A ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

After body length; Flow visualization; Forward flow; Obstruction; Reverse flow; Test channel

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHANNEL VELOCITY; CIRCULAR GEOMETRY; FLOW PARAMETERS; OBSTRUCTION GEOMETRIES;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10244255172     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluiddyn.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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