On temperature prediction at low Re turbulent flows using the Churchill turbulent heat flux correlation

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 3681-3690

  Le, Phuong M ^a   Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V ^a,b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algebraic models; Lagrangian methods; Prandtl number; Turbulent transport

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ALGEBRAIC MODELS; COUETTE FLOW; LAGRANGIAN METHODS; TURBULENT TRANSPORT;

TURBULENT FLOW;

HEAT FLUX; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33745415169     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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