Laminar flow and heat transfer in the entrance region of trapezoidal channels with constant wall temperature

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-74

  Renksizbulut, Metin ^a   Niazmand, Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrance region; Friction factor; Heat transfer coefficient; Trapezoidal channel

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ENTRANCE REGION; FRICTION FACTOR; NUSSELT NUMBERS; TRAPEZOIDAL CHANNELS;

CHANNEL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 33645766327     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2130405     Document Type: Article

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