Three-dimensional numerical study of flow and heat transfer from a cube placed in a uniform flow

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-94

  Saha, A K ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Cube; Transition; Vortex shedding; Wakes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; HEAT TRANSFER; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNSTEADY FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

CUBE; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ENERGY EQUATIONS; UNIFORM FLOW;

BODIES OF REVOLUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 30344443980     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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