Numerical study of convective heat transfer from an array of parallel bluff plates

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-91

  Velayati, E ^a   Yaghoubi, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bluff plates; Conjugate heat transfer; Fin efficiency; Reattachment; Secondary flows; Separation; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FRICTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ENERGY EQUATIONS; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL VALIDATION; RECTANGULAR PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; SECONDARY FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 10444281494     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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