Variable property effects in single-phase incompressible flows through microchannels

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 977-981

  Herwig, Heinz ^a   Mahulikar, Shripad P ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Heat transfer; Microchannels; Scaling effects; Variable property effects

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNELS; SCALING EFFECTS; VARIABLE PROPERTY EFFECTS;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EID: 33746438837     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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