Numerical study of the horseshoe vortex structure upstream a single plate-finned tube

International Journal of Heat and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Khallaki, K ^a   Russeil, S ^a   Baudoin, B ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIPE FLOW; REFRIGERATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINNED TUBE HEAT EXCHANGERS; HORSESHOE VORTEX STRUCTURES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); TRANSITIONAL FLOW;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 20744440953     PISSN: 03928764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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