Experimental study on friction factor and numerical simulation on flow and heat transfer in an alternating elliptical axis tube

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2336-2344

  Li, Bin ^a   Feng, Bo ^a   He, Ya Ling ^a   Tao, Wen Quan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternating elliptical axis tube; Field synergy; Friction factor; Heat transfer; Multi longitudinal vortex; Transition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ALTERNATING ELLIPTICAL AXIS TUBE; FIELD SYNERGY; FRICTION FACTOR; MULTI-LONGITUDINAL VORTEX;

FRICTION;

EID: 33745282434     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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